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Pilot Killed In NYC Crash Was Respected Ex-Fire Chief From Hudson Valley Pilot Killed In NYC Crash Was Respected Ex-Fire Chief From Hudson Valley
Pilot Killed In NYC Crash Was Respected Ex-Fire Chief From Hudson Valley The helicopter pilot killed in a midtown Manhattan crash-landing Monday afternoon was conducting executive travel and headed back to a New Jersey airport, reports say. Tim McCormack, a volunteer firefighter from Clinton Corners in Dutchess County in New York's Hudson Valley,  had taken off around 1:30 p.m. from the 34th Street heliport on the east side where he dropped his boss off and was en route to Linden Airport -- the Agusta A109E's home base -- before the crash, officials said. Investigators believe that McCormack -- who received his instructor certificate for “Rotorcraft-Helicopter”…

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