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Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing Off Hudson River Near GWB Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing Off Hudson River Near GWB
Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing Off Hudson River Near GWB It wasn't exactly a "Sully" moment, but it turned out OK, just the same, when a sight-seeing helicopter made a safe emergency landing Friday afternoon in Edgewater. The HeliNY pilot "found a safe spot to land" after an emergency light went on during the area's high winds shortly before 2 p.m., police said. He brought the 13-year-old Rotorcraft down softly behind the Mitsuwa Marketplace on River Road, one responder said, adding: "Now we just have to figure how to get it out of there." The chopper touched down on a clear, flat spot of land on one of the largest vacant pieces of property a s…

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by Jerry DeMarco