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Pennsylvania family's flight ends in tragedy

Originally published: August 9, 2009 6:01 PM
Updated: August 9, 2009 10:48 PM
By JOANN LOVIGLIO AND ALESSANDRA RIZZO. The Associated Press  

Helicopter and plane crash victims Giacomo Galazzi, left,

Photo credit: Facebook.com | Helicopter and plane crash victims Giacomo Galazzi, left, and Douglas Altman.

For a Pennsylvania family, it was a flight to the New Jersey shore that included a passing view of one of the world's most renowned skylines.

But the trip turned to disaster Saturday in the skies over New York when a tourist helicopter ferrying five Italian tourists and a small plane with two Pennsylvania men and one of their sons collided over the Hudson River. Nine people, including three...

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