Two rattled vacationers subsequent in line behind the Spanish household who died within the doomed Hudson River helicopter flight chillingly informed The Publish on Friday, “It might have been us.”
Dutch couple Melissa Maertem, 23, and her fiancée Melissa Bos, 24, recounted watching the 5 members of the tragic Escobar household excitedly pose for images on the helipad at Downtown Skyport earlier than taking off for what was imagined to be a experience of a lifetime.
The household — Siemens government Agustin Escobar, his spouse, Mercè Camprubí Montal, and their three younger kids — then hopped on the New York Helicopters Excursions craft, leaving Bos and Maertem to attend for their very own flight with a distinct firm.
A commotion quickly broke out, and heliport employees finally informed the couple there was an “accident.
“We have been set and prepared,” Maertem stated. “It’s actually onerous to get all of it in. Once we heard [about the crash] we bought all chills.
“It might have been us,” Bos stated.
The couple discovered extra particulars concerning the crash — together with that the household of 5 and pilot have been all useless — once they returned to their resort room.
“Once we bought again to the resort, we noticed it on TV, and we noticed the helicopter, and the image of the household this morning — like wow, that’s the one we noticed,” Bos stated.
Bos and Maertem initially thought they’d reschedule their sightseeing journey however reconsidered after their brush with demise sank in.
“We’re too afraid, so we’re attempting to get our a reimbursement proper now,” Maertem stated.
All flights from the skyport have been canceled after the horrifying crash — however a minimum of another would-be sightseers stated they’d nonetheless fly if given the possibility.
Swiss vacationer Petra Hermann was amongst a number of teams of vacationers who trekked to the heliport Friday morning, solely to search out their beforehand booked flights have been grounded with out discover from helicopter tour firms.
Hermann informed The Publish she had nonetheless deliberate to fly together with her companion, two teenage sons and their grandfather to rejoice the patriarch’s eightieth birthday.
“We’re a bit of bit frightened, however however we expect it doesn’t occur twice inside just a few hours,” she stated. “That’s why I feel we must be positive.
“That’s why we hope they’re checking significantly better than yesterday, so that they actually guarantee that the helicopter is secure. I feel they will’t danger one other accident and useless individuals.”
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