NYPD confirms 5 passengers in NYC helicopter crash are dead

NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter crashed into New York City’s East River 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 morning. 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, a private charter hired for a photo shoot, went down near G