NYPD releases aerial footage of response to Hudson River helicopter crash. A young family and a helicopter pilot who was taking them on a tour of the New York skyline tragically lost their lives last week as their aircraft plunged into the Hudson River. Agustín Escobar, his wife Mercè Camprubí Montal, their three children and their pilot died after the rotor appeared to fall off the helicopter and slice the tail, sending it spiralling into the water. The young family, who had just arrived from