Georgia groom killed, bride injured on wedding night when helicopter crashes in woods

A Georgia groom and a helicopter pilot were reportedly killed Friday night in a harrowing wedding night sendoff crash that left the surviving widow trapped for six hours later with her dead husband on top of her.Newlywed wife Jesni Fiji, knocked out from the tragic crash and reportedly surviving with no broken bones and just cuts and bruises, awoke Saturday morning in shock and horror over what surrounded her, including her new husband Dave Fiji's body, the groom's father told Atlanta News First (ANF)."She was crying on the phone: What happened? What happened?" George Fiji told ANF, recounting the tragedy with Jesni recovering in a metro Atlanta hospital."I didn't know what she was talking about."The fateful Robinson R66 helicopter sendoff for the young first officer for Endeavor Air and his wife crashed in a wooded area in northern Georgia on Friday night.
They were bound for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport to take the newlyweds to an Atlanta-area hotel after their wedding celebration.PILOT DIES ALONGSIDE 3 NIECES ON WEDDING DAY IN TRAGIC ARIZONA HELICOPTER CRASHA newlywed couple was aboard a helicopter that crashed in Dawson County, Georgia, after leaving their wedding celebration Friday night.The pilot and groom, Dave Fiji in inset image, were killed.
(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect | Endeavor Air)"She said when she woke up she saw my son Dave resting on her bosom," George Fiji said."She saw blood on him, and by then his body was completely cold.
She’s a nurse, so she knew he was gone."She’s devastated, but she’s recovering," he added.The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash and has not determined what caused the helicopter to go down near The Revere, a Dawsonville, Georgia, wedding venue hosting about 400 guests, according to the report.FATAL NYC HELICOPTER CRASH PROMPTS GOP LAWMAKER TO CALL FOR ENDING POPULAR TOURIST FLIGHTS"It took them awhile to locate the helicopter itself," George Fiji said.The aircraft went down on a 10,...