A commercial helicopter made an emergency landing at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale this morning around 8 a.m.Poor visibility due to snow forced the pilot for Liberty Helicopters to land on the home’s Great Lawn. The pilot was apparently taking a passenger from Kingston, N.Y. to a location on Wall Street.
Residents gathered inside the Jacob Reingold Building where they could see the helicopter through large windows, according to Lisa Dimeo-Luna, the home’s director of logistics.
“We thought they were delivering a big shot,” said Bertha Bobry, a resident who walked out onto the field to get a closer look.
Aviation police arrived on the scene and the helicopter took off again shortly after 11 a.m.
According to Ms. Dimeo-Luna the landing was “safe, smooth, soft.”
-Kate Pastor
Photo by Claudio Papapietro
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