A sightseeing helicopter tumbled out of the sky and plunged into the Hudson River across from Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people aboard, including three children, officials said. Video footage showed the helicopter falling end over end and crashing into the water just off Jersey City, New Jersey, at high speed at about 3:15 p.m. Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang and seeing the helicopter hit the river without at least one of its rotor blades. Two adults and three children from Spain -- Agustín Escobar, an executive with the technology company Siemens, and his family -- were pulled from the helicopter or the frigid river but none survived, a senior law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the crash. The pilot was also killed.

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