The pilot of the doomed helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River was a Navy SEAL veteran — and posted chilling video of himself final month proudly flying in the identical sort of chopper over Decrease Manhattan.
“When all of it comes collectively…,” Sean Johnson, 36, posted together with the now-eerie Fb footage, which confirmed him in a Bell 206 helicopter.
Buddies congratulated him of their feedback, with one telling him he was “dwelling the dream.”
Johnson, who not too long ago moved to New York Metropolis to proceed his aviation profession, was working a Bell 206 on Thursday as a part of a sightseeing tour for a household of 5 from Barcelona. He beforehand lived in states together with Illinois, Virginia and Montana.
It’s unclear if the chopper he was flying within the Fb footage was the identical one he crashed on this week.
Johnson and his household of vacationers –- Agustin Escobar, his spouse, Mercè Camprubí Montal, and their 4-, 8- and 10-year-old youngsters — had been all killed when the helicopter they had been in broke aside in midair and plunged into the murky waters.
Johnson had “at all times wished to fly,” his spouse, Kathryn Johnson, informed Gothamist.
“ I’m simply at loss for phrases,” she informed the outlet. “I don’t even know what occurred.”
