The Army said it is withholding the name of the third soldier on board the helicopter at the family’s request. Sam Lilley, a pilot on the American ... s plane crash, Connecticut Gov.

The pilot involved in Thursday's Hudson River helicopter crash has been identified as Navy SEAL veteran Sean Johnson.

Sean Johnson worked in security before saving up enough money to go to pilot school about five years ago, a friend says.

NEW YORK — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing six people, including a family of Spanish tourists, in the ...