'They left without suffering' says family of New York helicopter crash victims

The Manila Times

'They left without suffering' says family of New York helicopter crash victims  "They left without suffering and they left with a smile on their faces" says the brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, one of the six people who died when a sightseeing helicopter they were aboard plunged into New York's Hudson river. "What should have been a joyful vacation turned into an unimaginable tragedy," says New York City Mayor Eric Adams during a press conference.   NEW YORK CITY MAYOR/HANDOUT/AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews #NewYork

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00:00This symbolic gesture is our way of knowing and acknowledging that our words cannot bring back their family members.

00:09It should have been a joyful vacation, turned into an unimaginable tragedy.

00:16We mourn the loss of Augustine, Merce, and their three beautiful children, Victor, Mercedes, and Augustine.

00:28Our hearts are broken.

00:30On behalf of 8.5 million New Yorkers, I want to say to the family members and to the wider Spanish community that we are here with you.

00:40We also want to acknowledge, and we dropped flowers for Sean Johnson, the pilot.

00:49He was a Navy SEAL.

00:50He fought to defend this country, and we want to acknowledge him and his wife, Catherine, for her loss.

00:58And our prayers are with all of the family members involved.

01:03And no words can fill the void, the loss.

01:06We know that.

01:07We want to thank the NYPD, the FDNY, our partners in New Jersey who collaborated with us to make sure that the bodies were retrieved to bring some level of closure to the families.

01:22I want to stand that they left together, they left without suffering, and they left with a smile on their faces.

01:33And that's important for us.

01:36As a family, we want to remind an honor, their happiness, and their smile forever.

01:43And you can imagine we are trying to assimilate all this situation.

01:47We want to move the bodies as soon as possible home, back home, with all the family, to rest in peace together in our place.

01:58We want to move the bodies as soon as possible.

02:28We want to move the bodies as soon as possible.

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