'They left together': Family member of Hudson River helicopter crash victims speaks out

The brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, the young wife and mother who died in this week’s New York City helicopter crash along with four other family members and the pilot, threw flowers into the mist-covered Hudson River on Saturday to honor the victims.

The brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, the young wife and mother who died in this week’s New York City helicopter crash along with four other family members and the pilot, threw flowers into the mist-covered Hudson River on Saturday to honor the victims.

Shortly after the flowers were thrown near the site of the crash, Joan Camprubi and Mayor Eric Adams spoke to the press.

“They left together. They left without suffering,” Camprubi said.

“We mourn the lives of Agustín, Merce and their three beautiful children, Victor, Mercedes and Augustine. Our hearts are broken,” Adams added.

A crashed helicopter is raised from the Hudson River on April 10, 2025, in Jersey City.Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images“You have 8.5 million New Yorkers who want to say to the family members and to the wider Spanish community that we are here with you, and this symbolic gesture is our way of knowing and acknowledging that our words cannot bring back their family members, but it is our way of saying as New Yorkers, we stand united with this family during this moment of grief, and their grief is our grief,” Adams said.

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