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| Helicopter Crashes on Roof of Manhattan Building, Killing Pilot | |
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| A helicopter crashed onto the rooftop of a 51-story building in Midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon and burst into flames. | |
| Only one person was aboard the aircraft when it crashed on the roof of 787 Seventh Avenue at 51st Street at 1:43 p.m, city officials said. That person was reported to have been killed, according to two city officials. | |
| A police official characterized the incident as a “hard landing.’’ | A police official characterized the incident as a “hard landing.’’ |
| The Fire Department said it was deploying over 100 emergency workers to the scene. | |
| Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who was at the scene, said there was no indication of terrorism. He said the helicopter seemed to have made an emergency landing. | |
| Mr. Cuomo acknowledged that the initial reports of the accident unsettled New Yorkers. “If you’re a New Yorker, you have a level of P.T.S.D., right, from 9/11,’’ Mr. Cuomo said. “I remember that morning all too well.” | |
| Andrew Heath, 37, was working on the fifth floor of the building where the helicopter crashed. | |
| “We heard an explosion — it sounded like a manhole cover had exploded,’’ he said. “I heard and felt it. It was like a thud. I was wondering if a really heavy truck was driving by, but it was a little too much.’’ | |
| The site of the accident, the AXA Equitable Center, is an office tower that is more than 750-feet tall. It was built in 1985. |