AT FOUR WITH GENOME AND JERRY
AND JUSTIN CRUZ.
A HELICOPTER IN
FLAMES DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THREE
PEOPLE DEAD THE OWNER OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD OF KAILUA STILL
SHAKEN
UP BY WHAT HAPPENED AND
THE AREA IS BLOCKED OFF. THIS
ALL HAPPENED JUST AFTER 9:00
THIS MORNING RESCUE CREWS
RESPONDED TO A HELICOPTER.
WE
ARE THE STREET NEAR KAWAINUI
MARSH THE CRASH RUN ON THE
ROADWAY AND LEFT A DEBRIS FIELD
SCATTERED THROUGH THE AREA
WITNESSES. TELL US THEY SAW THE
HELICOPTER SPINNING OUT OF
AND
JUST THE FLAMES WERE OUT OF
CONTROL. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF IT
WAS AGAINST THE WALL AND ONTO
THE BUSH OF WHERE THE HOUSE IS
THAT COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE.
SO LUCKILY IT DIDN'T CATCH ON
FIRE THE PROPELLERS SPUN OFF OF
THE HELICOPTER AND PART OF THE
GAS TANK HAD LANDED ON TOP OF
THE VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE
GARAGE WHO KNEW LOUIS AMASS, THE
KAILUA UNIT WAS RESPONDING ON
ANOTHER CALL RIGHT HERE ABOUT 30
FEET AWAY FROM THE CRASH WHEN
THEY HEARD A HORRIFIC BANG THEY
TURNED AROUND AND THEY SAW THE
HELICOPTER ON FIRE.
THE ACCIDENT
BEGINNING WITH MANOLO MORALES
WHO SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHOSE CAR
WAS DAMAGED BY THE DEBRIS.
STREET JUST A FEW HOUSES FROM
IS RIGHT NOW AND THERE WERE
STILL IN A BIT OF SHOCK WHEN I
SPOKE WITH HIM, BUT THEY'RE
SLOWLY REALIZING JUST HOW LUCKY
THEY ARE TO BE ALIVE MUCH OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD HEARD THE LOUD
CRASH WHEN THE HELICOPTER CAME
DOWN MAKING LACEY AND TWO
FRIENDS HEARD IT LOUDER THAN
MANY OTHERS WHEN THEY RAN OUT TO
LOOK THEY SAW WHAT APPEARED TO
BE THE CHOPPERS FUEL TANK WHICH
AND LANDED
ON THE RENTAL CAR. WE
WERE REALLY CONFUSED. WE GOT
SOMEONE HIT US, BUT THERE WAS NO
OTHER DAMAGE BESIDES THAT AND
THEN I LOOK UP AND THERE'S JUST
A BUNCH OF SMOKE LACEY AND A
FRIEND ARE VISITING ANOTHER
FRIEND WHO LIVES IN THE HOUSE
THERE WERE JUST ABOUT
CRASH
HAPPENED. THEY'RE ALREADY OUT ON
THE PORCH AND LESS THAN 20 FEET
AWAY FROM THEIR CAR. SO YOU WERE
LITERALLY ABOUT TO GET IN THE
CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. MAYBE LIKE
A MINUTE AWAY. HOW CRAZY IS
THAT? I'M STILL IN SHOCK. SHE
SAYS THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF
GASOLINE, WHICH WAS ALSO
ALARMING BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CAME SHORTLY AFTER AND TOOK THE
FUEL TANK AWAY.
NOW THEY ARE
ABLE TO STAY IN THE SAME HOUSE.
ALTHOUGH OF COURSE THEY HAD TO
GET A NEW RENTAL CAR TODAY AND
MAKE THEM LAZY SAYS ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS SHE DID AFTER ALL
THAT CALL HER PARENTS WHO ARE
JUST A SHOCK THAT SHE WAS LIKE
TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU MANOLO.
WE'VE LEARNED THE HELICOPTER IS
A 19 YEAR OLD ROBINSON AIRCRAFT
REGISTERED TO A LEASING COMPANY
AFFILIATED WITH THE NO VICTOR
TOUR COMPANY FLIGHT LOGS SHOW
THAT SAME AIRCRAFT HAD MADE
FREQUENT DAYS A NO A HARD
LANDING IN OCTOBER ON THE
KANEOHE SANDBAR INJURING THE
PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. THE
PILOT SAID HE HAD LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS MULTIPLE TIMES
DURING THAT FLIGHT. WE'VE
REACHED OUT TO KNOW VICTOR FOR
COMMENT AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK
WITNESSES. SAY THE COMMUNITY
STEPPED UP TO HELP IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE CRASH HOWARD DASHEFSKY
HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE ALL DAY
AND HAS MORE ON THAT.
YEAH, JOHN
THE WITNESSES BY ALL ACCOUNTS
PLAYED A VERY WHOLE JUST HEROIC
ACT BY GOING IMMEDIATELY TO THE
HELICOPTER RUSHING INTO THE SITE
WITH GARDEN HOSES. THEY WERE
THERE ON SCENE ABOUT SEVEN
MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST FIRE
TEAMS GOT HERE. THERE WAS AN
AMBULANCE THAT WAS ACTUALLY
RESPONDING TO ANOTHER CALL
THE AMBULANCE CREW WAS THERE
WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS. THAT
WAS JUST ALMOST MIRACULOUS TO
THINK THAT THAT HAPPENED
WITNESSES CAME OUT IMMEDIATELY
AGAIN WITH GARDEN HOSES, AND
THEY WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO
RESPOND IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO
SAVE SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
JUST
SEE EVERYBODY JUST RUNNING TO
THE PILOT AND THE PLANE AND
WHERE IS ON FIRE AND EVERYTHING.
JUST SO COOL AND THE CAROLINAS
IN A QUICKNESS THAT EVERYBODY
RESPONDED WITHOUT HESITATION
WITHOUT REGARD OF THEIR SAFETY
THEIR WELL-BEING. EVERYBODY JUST
JUMPED IN TO RENDER AID AND YOU
DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN. YOU DON'T
SEE THAT IN HAWAII NOW, YOU KNOW
WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON. YOU DON'T SEE THAT
TYPE OF ALOHA AND LOVE FOR
PEOPLE OF STRANGERS THAT YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW. I REALLY FEEL
FOR THE FAMILY. HOPEFULLY, NO
ONE ELSE IS HURT AND IT'S JUST
KIND OF A UNHEARD OF ESPECIALLY
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN
KAILUA. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS
EVER HAPPENED TO US.
YOU HAVE TO
CONSIDER THAT IT WAS JUST LESS
THAN 24 HOURS AGO THAT THE ISLE
OF KAILUA EVENT WAS
TAKING PLACE
RIGHT ON THIS VERY STREET ONLY
AVA ABOUT A HALF A MILE OR SO
DOWN IN THE HEART OF KAILUA TOWN
AND TONIGHT THIS
EVERYTHING IS
TAPED UP NOW. WE CAN TELL YOU
THAT RESIDENTS HAVE SLOWLY BEEN
TRICKLING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IMAGINE MANY UPON HEARING THE
NEWS. MAYBE HE CAME HOME
EARLY
FROM WORK, BUT HERE'S ANOTHER
TRUCK. THAT IS ARE JUST ABOUT TO
CROSS THE POLICE LINE AND YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE IT OVER MY SHOULDER
POLICE ARE CHECKING
IDENTIFICATION. NOBODY IS BEING
ALLOWED IN UNLESS YOU HAVE PROOF
OF RESIDENCY. WE CAN TELL YOU
THAT THE ONLY AVA SHUT DOWN FROM
HERE ON OLOMANA STREET BACK TO
KAHA OR DUCK LANE, WHICH PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT SO IT'S GOING TO STAY
CLOSE LIKELY OVERNIGHT WE CAN
TELL YOU THAT FAA AND NTSB
INVESTIGATORS ARE IN ROUTE
MAKING THE WAY HERE, BUT THEY'RE
COMING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EAST
COAST FROM FLORIDA THERE. OF
COURSE THE NTSB GOING TO BE THE
LEAD INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WE CAN
TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS A DEBRIS
FIELD THAT ACTUALLY STARTED
PROBABLY ABOUT A BLOCK AND A
HALF AWAY A CAMERA WAS FOUND A
GOPRO MORE CELL PHONE AND BROKEN
GLASS FOUND BY THE RACQUET CLUB,
WHICH IS ABOUT A BLOCK AND A
HALF AWAY. AND THEN AS YOU HEARD
EARLIER THE GAS TANK SEPARATING
FROM THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON A
CAR AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT THAT
YOU YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME.
THAT
IS GOING TO STAY THERE IF NOT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY PERHAPS EVEN
FOR A GOOD PART OF TOMORROW.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION AND BRING YOU THE VERY
LATEST FOR NOW REPORTING FROM
KAILUA HOWARD DASHEFSKY. WE SEND