A rescue helicopter crashed into a Florida apartment complex, killing fire captain and a resident
Associated PressFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A medical rescue helicopter caught fire and broke apart shortly after takeoff Monday before crashing into an apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale, killing a paramedic captain on board and a resident on the ground, authorities said. Terryson Jackson, 49, and a woman died when the Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter crashed through the complex’s roof after taking off from Pompano Beach Airpark at about 8:45 a.m., Sheriff Gregory Tony said. Tony said that even as the crew members were declaring a mayday to the airport’s control tower and trying to save their helicopter, they were also radioing paramedics at the medical emergency to let them know they would have to take the patient to the hospital. “As they were fighting for their lives, they were thinking about somebody else.” Witness Brian Piggott told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the helicopter began trailing smoke as soon as it took off.
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