**major Incident** In Progress! Manhattan, Ny.

[FWDbuff]

10-60 has been transmitted for Manhattan Box 0501, reports of a small plane and helicopter involved in a mid-air collision resulting in both aircraft entering the Hudson River near 50th street have been confirmed by the FAA. Division 3 has established the command post on Pier 53. Unconfirmed reports of 6 occupants of the helicopter self-extricated, USCG rescue of one victim. Confirmed that Squad 18 has removed one DOA from the water at Houston Street.

[len1582]

Hoboken FD and Jersey City FD also there. Jersey City fireboat recovered some debris.

[ScareCrow57]

Yup, watching it on CNN now. Kind of boring though so back to the racing.

P.S., for the rest of the country what the hell is a 10-60?

[len1582]

Mid-air collision over Hudson River near Hoboken
by Julie O'Connor/The Star-Ledger
Saturday August 08, 2009, 2:04 PM
HUDSON RIVER -- A sightseeing tour helicopter and a small plane collided mid-air just after noon over the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey, police said.

The Coast Guard said one person had been rescued and New York City Fire Department officials on the scene said there appear to have been fatalities.


John Munson/The Star-Ledger
Search and rescue teams from various New York and New Jersey agencies search the Hudson River after a helicopter and airplane collided.
The plane, a Piper PA-32, took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, and the helicopter was a Eurocopter AS 350 owned by Liberty Tours, a sightseeing and charter company, Federal Aviation Administration officials said. Officials don't know how many people were aboard the plane, but FAA spokesman Jim Peters said there may have been five passengers and one crew member aboard the helicopter.

Emergency crews are on both sides of the river and police divers are going into the water.

People who saw the crash and its aftermath described the two aircraft colliding not far from the Hoboken shoreline, and said the impact sheared off the plane's wing.

[CaptOldTimer]

See da link below:

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/


scarie crow, you don't have a clue pal.

[FWDbuff]

Yup, watching it on CNN now. Kind of boring though so back to the racing.

Drive fast, turn left. Drive fast, turn left. Yeah, just what I want to watch.

[ScareCrow57]

Drive fast, turn left. Drive fast, turn left. Yeah, just what I want to watch.

Nope, today it is drive fast, turn right, drive fast turn left......

I'll take a bad race over a great Baseball or Basketball game any day. It's more exciting and you only need one ball to play Basketball or Baseball.

[cozmosis]

The Coast Guard said one person had been rescued and New York City Fire Department officials on the scene said there appear to have been fatalities.

Reports are now saying that "rescue" was a body recovery from top of the water. All occupants on both aircraft are presumed dead.

[RFDACM02]

It's more exciting and you only need one ball to play Basketball or Baseball.

Funny, that's the same number of brain cells and teeth required for NASCRAP as well!!

[zackman1801]

It appears that mayor Mike Bloomberg is reporting that the crash was "not survivable" and that there were no survivors.
http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/200...ash_mayor.html
My sympathy goes out to the families, and even more so as it was said a child was involved.

[LeatherHed4Life]

Nope, today it is drive fast, turn right, drive fast turn left......

I'll take a bad race over a great Baseball or Basketball game any day. It's more exciting and you only need one ball to play Basketball or Baseball.

how many balls does it take to race in the rain?

[53fireman]

10-60 = "Major Emergency" = lots of apparatus and manpower

[ScareCrow57]

how many balls does it take to race in the rain?

Just 2. Indy does it, motorcycles do it. Formula 1 might do it.

[len1582]

how many balls does it take to race in the rain?

Looks like none.
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[ScareCrow57]

Point well Taken....