Helicopter crashes in NYC’s East River, 5 passengers dead

NEW YORK (AP) — A privately chartered helicopter doing a photo shoot crashed into New York City’s East River on Sunday night and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five passengers aboard, officials said.
A spokesman for the NYPD confirmed the deaths to The Associated Press early Monday. Video taken by a bystander and posted on Twitter shows the red helicopter land hard in the water and then capsize, its rotors slapping at the water.
The helicopter went down near Gracie Man