Mina Brees, Mother of Drew Brees – Dies at 59
Mina Brees, Mother of Drew Brees – Dies at 59, The Austin American-Statesman reports that Mina Brees, former president of the Austin Bar Association has died.
According to the paper, her brother Marty Akins says she died Friday in Colorado while visiting her son, Reid. Her other son is NFL quarterback Drew Brees, with whom whe reportedly had a falling out during her run for the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals in 2006.
The paper also reports that last week, the Texas Attorney General subpoenaed her business records following ownership claims to several Austin and Houston restaurant names.
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9 Killed as Airplane, Helicopter Collide
NEW YORK: A tour helicopter carrying five Italian tourists collided with a small plane over the Hudson River, on a crystal-clear summer afternoon, ripping the rotor blades from the helicopter and severing one of the plane’s wings, sending both aircraft plunging into the murky water and killing all nine people on board.
Witnesses to the crash described how debris from the two aircraft disappeared within seconds beneath the water’s surface, and rescue workers soon determined that there were no survivors, officials said.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) said the plane, which had just left Teterboro, N.J., was carrying a pilot and two passengers, including a child. The helicopter, which had just taken off from Manhattan’s West 30th Street heliport, carried a pilot and five Italian tourists.
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Plane Crash Hudson River
Plane Crash Hudson River, A helicopter and plane have crashed into each other over New York’s Hudson River today, with early reports of at least one casualty.
Six people were aboard the helicopter, which belongs to Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tours, Browne said.
It was not clear who among the dead and the rescued were aboard which aircraft.
The plane that crashed, a Piper PA-32, had taken off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, officials from the Federal Aviation Administration told The Associated Press. The chopper is a Eurocopter AS 350, the AP reported.
A witness who told the AP that he saw the crash from the shore in Hoboken, N.J., said the helicopter “dropped like a rock” and that the plane lost its wing. He said he heard a loud pop that sounded like a car backfire.
Browne said police have received reports of debris found on the New Jersey side of the river including a “tire that appears to have come from one of the aircraft.”
NY1, the cable news station, has been showing images of boats converging on the Hudson between Hoboken and Manhattan, with the crash site closer to the New Jersey side.
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Liberty Tours New York, Helicopter Crash
Liberty Tours New York, Helicopter Crash, A small plane carrying three people collided with a tour helicopter carrying about a half-dozen people Saturday, sending debris into the Hudson River and onto the Hoboken, N.J., waterfront.
Two officials at New York City emergency response agencies said at least one person was confirmed dead and they knew of no one being rescued. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak before Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives an expected mid-afternoon media briefing.,
A helicopter and small plane have collided over the East River, witnesses said.
The two aircraft crashed near West 14th Street just before noon, with wreckage falling into the water and on land on the New Jersey side, witnesses told the New York Post.
It is unclear how many passengers were involved. Witnesses said the small plane was a Cessna.
Witnesses said one victim was already pulled out of the water and taken to Pier 40.
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