VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-20
“The pilots would not have been able to even see that airplane approaching them,”
George Bivens · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-20
Acting Commissioner Col. George Bivens described the circumstances surrounding the midair collision between a police helicopter and a Cessna airplane.
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