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Hudson Valley Man, 34, Survives Upstate Helicopter Crash That Killed Two
A 34-year-old Hudson Valley man was one of two survivors in a helicopter crash that killed two people in upstate New York late Tuesday afternoon.
Two utility workers were killed and two others hurt when the maintenance chopper got caught on power lines and crashed, catching fire in cornfields in Beekmantown, north of Plattsburgh, near the Canadian border.
Scott Fabia of Hyde Park in Dutchess County and 30-year-old Benjamin McAllister of Hopkinton survived, state police said.
The two men killed were the pilot, 56-year-old Robert Hoban Jr., of Shamang, New Jersey, and 30-year-old Jeremy Kear…
Eerie Video Footage Shows Final Moments Inside NJ Helicopter Before Crash
Footage taken from the inside of a New Jersey helicopter captures the final moments of the victims' lives before crashing in the East River Sunday.
The video was posted by Trevor Cadigan of Dallas, Texas, on Instagram. The 26-year-old was one of the five passengers pronounced dead, the New York Post reports.
Other victims were identified as Tristan Hill, 30 of NYC; Daniel Thompson, 34 of NYC; Brian McDaniel, 26 of Dallas, Texas; and Carla Vallejos-Blanco, 29 of Argentina, the story says.
The only survivor was pilot Richard Vance of Danbury, Conn.
Kearny's Fly Liberty Charter chopper went …