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Third Woman Dies Month After New York River Chopper Crash
Published December 02, 2015
Oct. 4: Survivors cling to the bottom of a helicopter after it inverted following a crash in the East River in New York. (AP/WCBS-TV)
A third woman has died a month after a helicopter crashed into a New York City river during a sightseeing tour.
The New York medical examiner's office says 60-year-old English tourist Harriet Nicholson died early Sunday of "respiratory complications of near-drowning," meaning a shortage of oxygen to the brain.
Nicholson was aboard the helicopter with her husband, daughter and her daughter's partner on Oct. 4 when the pilot lost control shortly after takeoff. The helicopter crashed into the East River.
Nicholson's daughter, 40-year-old Sonia Marra, was found dead in the wreckage. Marra's partner, 43-year-old Helen Tamaki, died a week after the crash. Tamaki was a New Zealand citizen.
Nicholson's husband and the pilot survived.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash and hasn't yet released a final report.
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