Family of woman killed in BSO helicopter crash seeking $50 million in damages
Lurean Wheaton was sleeping in her apartment when the chopper crashed into her building
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Lurean Wheaton was sleeping in her apartment when the chopper crashed into her building
A Broward Fire Rescue paramedic who was injured in a deadly helicopter crash in Pompano Beach last month spoke out Friday ahead of plans to file a lawsuit.
Two brothers who survived when a BSO Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into their apartment building on Aug. 28 and who tried to help two injured BS0 crew members now say they are in need.
Two brothers who survived when a BSO Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into their apartment building on Aug. 28 and who tried to help two injured BS0 crew members now say they are in need.
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Friday on the fatal crash involving a Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter last month.
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Friday on the fatal crash involving a Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter last month.
On Thursday evening, Broward commissioners approved allocating $15 million to replace the Broward Sheriff's Office chopper involved in last month's crash that killed two people.
The service for Terryson Jackson will be held at the Faith Center in Sunrise.
Peter D'Oench reports on how the niece of the woman who was killed when a BSO helicopter crashed into her apartment building speaks out, saying her aunt was a kind person who loved her family.
Jacqueline Quynh reports federal investigators are trying to figure out what led to the aircraft's engine failure.
Pilot Daron Roche, 37, and firefighter paramedic Mikael "Mike" Chaguaceda, 31, were able to climb out of the wreckage after the crash
Teri Hornstein reports they are collecting evidence and talking to people who witnessed the crash.
Teri Hornstein reports all of the aircraft must be re-inspected. The FAA and the NTSB are investigating what caused the crash.
Two people died and at least four others were hurt when a Broward County Sheriff's Office helicopter crashed Monday morning in an apartment building.
CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor looked into the victims of Monday's BSO chopper crash.
CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench spoke to people who witnessed Monday morning's fatal BSO chopper crash.
CBS News Miami's Joe Gorchow spoke to a pilot who shed light into Monday morning's BSO chopper crash.
Sheriff Gregory Tony identified the firefighter who died in the crash as Capt. Terryson Jackson.
Peter D'Oench reports cellphone video captured them climbing out of the crash site.
Joan Murray reports the Broward sheriff's helicopter was on its way to a call in North Lauderdale when it developed engine trouble and went down.
BSO spokeswoman Veda Coleman Wright said the helicopter was on its way to a call in North Lauderdale when it went down.
The helicopter that crashed Monday morning in a Pompano Beach apartment building is a twin-engine chopper that was sold to the Broward County Sheriff's Office about 10 years ago
Viewer Discretion advised for this video. A Broward Sheriff's helicopter crashed into an apartment building Monday morning in Pompano Beach.
Two people were taken to the hospital.
A fourth soldier was hospitalized in the crash.
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Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.
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