NBC4 reports on crash of its own news helicopter with grief, purpose

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Set us as preferred The news team at NBC4 was covering the deadly crash involving a Metro bus in Chatsworth on Tuesday night when, just a few blocks away, a helicopter crashed.There were several news choppers overhead that had been covering the bus accident.For the next two hours, anchors and reporters covered the story while informing viewers of a grim fact: The station had lost contact with its Chopper 4 crew.The journalists at times fought back tears as they reported what they saw.

Several on the ground said they were overwhelmed by the support coming from first responders and fellow reporters.California A helicopter crashed into flames Tuesday night in Chatsworth, not far from a serious accident involving a Metro bus that left three people dead.Then at 9 p.m., veteran NBC4 anchor Colleen Williams confirmed what many viewers suspected.“We received the confirmation that in fact News Chopper 4 went down just before 7 p.m.

tonight in Chatsworth,” said Williams.“We’ve been piecing it together.

We knew it was a news chopper.We knew we had lost contact with our people out there.

Now we have confirmation.”“We are going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, to process, and to regroup,” she added before ending the live broadcast.Around 9:40 p.m.NBC resumed its live coverage, which included a news conference near the site of the helicopter crash.

Officials including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass; L.A.County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, whose district includes Chatsworth; L.A.

City Councilmember John Lee; and Los Angeles Fire Capt.Rico Gross updated the community on the incident as well as expressed their condolences for the lives that were lost.

“Members of our local news community ...came here to do their jobs and experienced a profound tragedy of their own.

This has been a deeply traumatic day for fa...