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Patrol boat responded to fatal helicopter crash on Hudson River

The 'Bonito' was mobilized by the US Coast Guard on April 10, 2025, which was coordinating with local, state and federal agencies the response to a helicopter crash in the Hudson River that occurred on the afternoon in New York City near the Holland Tunnel. The Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received a report at approximately 3:15 p.m. reporting the downed Bell 206L4 with the registration number N216MH, into the Hudson River in New York City. Response boat crews from Coast Guard stations New York, Sandy Hook and Kings Point, as well as the CG 'Bonito' were deployed to the incident. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was issued regarding the incident and a safety zone was established, securing all vessel traffic 1 mile north and one mile south of the Holland Tunnel across the entire Hudson River. At 6 p.m., the safety zone was reduced to 1,000 feet surrounding the Holland Tunnel ventilator and vessels may resume transiting the Hudson River slowly along the New York side with permission from on-scene assets. The Coast Guard was working with the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Transportation Safety Board to salvage the helicopter. The cause of the incident is under investigation. Six people were reported dead after the small helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Pier 40 . The victims included the three children of Agustin Escobar, a Spanish Siemens manager, and his wife. The aircraft was plummeting upside-down towards the water, its tail was missing and its rotor visibly separated and trailed behind. Six bodies were recovered from the wreckage, including the remains of the pilot. The aircraft had departed the downtown Manhattan heliport and was in the air for about 15 minutes before the crash. The aircraft is registered to a private helicopter sales and leasing company headquartered in Louisiana. The same helicopter appears in promotional materials for a New York-based flightseeing company. Video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1910424640595312989

Search for missing person suspended

The 'Bonito' was involved in an SAR operation of the US Coast Guard, searching for a missing person after a vessel capsized on the afternoon of Feb 22, 2025, near Breezy Point- The missing person has been identified as 52-year-old Vernon Glasford and was last seen wearing a gray hoody, blue jeans, and black boots. The Coast Guard had three aircrews, two small boats and two ships search overnight and into the morning of Feb 24. The vessel, a Grady White, approximately 30 feet long, had departed from Howard Beach on the morning and was fishing recreationally. A Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook boat recovered three people, an Air Station Atlantic City air crew recovered one, and an NYPD aviation crew recovered one additional person. All five people were transported to local hospitals. Four of them were unresponsive. Two of the rescued were airlifted to Staten Island University Hospital and three were taken to Coast Guard Station in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where life-saving efforts were administered by emergency medical services. Three of the victims were pronounced dead. Two other boaters remained hospitalized on Feb 24. The incident began at 12:04 p.m. when the Coast Guard Sector New York received a notification from New York City 911 operators about a vessel taking on water near Breezy Point, a neighborhood at the tip of Queens’ Rockaway peninsula. Coast Guard watchstanders issued an UMIB and deployed three rescue boats from Coast Guard Station New York and Station Sandy Hook and an MH-65 helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City. Other Coast Guard units that have responded included: - Coast Guard Station New York; - Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook; - Coast Guard Cutter 'Bonito'; - Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City; - Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod. NYPD Harbor and Aviation units, FDNY Marine units, the New Jersey State Police, and Sandy Hook Pilots also assisted in the response. The Coast Guard crews searched a combined total of approximately 842 square miles over the course of 30 hours, utilizing crews aboard helicopters, planes, ships and small boats, before the search was suspended on Feb 24 at 6 p.m. Report with photo and video: https://abcnews.go.com/US/3-dead-2-injured-1-missing-after-boat/story?id=119107786