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SUNRISE — Thousands gathered Friday morning to honor the life of Battalion Chief Terryson Jackson, 50, who died in the line of duty on Aug. 28 when a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach. Officers, firefighters, paramedics and command staff from nearly every city in Broward and as far as Orlando and Monroe County watched as the coffin with ...

A pilot told investigators he heard a loud bang before a Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue helicopter caught fire in flight last month, leading to a crash in Pompano Beach that killed a paramedic and a woman on the ground, a federal report released Friday said.

A pilot told investigators he heard a loud bang before a Florida medical rescue helicopter caught fire in flight last month, leading to a crash that killed a paramedic and a woman on the ground, a federal report released Friday said. The twin-engine Broward County Fire-Rescue helicopter had just taken off from Pompano Beach Airpark on Aug. 28 when at about 400 feet (122 meters) pilot Daron Roche said he heard the bang, the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report said. Th...

Law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics in Broward County and throughout the state gather to say their final goodbyes to a first responder who was killed in a helicopter crash last week.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A pilot told investigators he heard a loud bang before a South Florida medical rescue helicopter caught fire in flight<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/rescue-helicopter-pilot-says-he-heard-bangs-before-fiery-crash-that-killed-2-report-says/">Read More</a>

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has offered to pay for the funeral of 65-year-old Lurean Wheaton, who was killed last week when a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into her apartment building in Pompano Beach, but her family has declined the agency’s offer, Local 10 News learned Wednesday.

POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - The father of Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson spoke proudly about his son, days after he was killed<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/father-of-bsfr-captain-killed-in-pompano-beach-helicopter-crash-questions-what-went-wrong/">Read More</a>

POMPANO BEACH — Those who happened to be driving on Interstate 95 or looking out of their apartment windows in Pompano Beach Monday morning watched as the burning helicopter spiraled out of the sky. “There’s a helicopter with a full tail on fire,” a woman told 911 dispatchers as she was driving on Interstate 95 near Cypress Creek Boulevard. “The whole back end is on fire and it doesn’t look ...

POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Captain Terryson Jackson’s father proudly spoke about his son who was killed in the fatal helicopter crash-landing in Pompano Beach“I<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/father-of-pilot-killed-in-pompano-beach-helicopter-crash-questions-what-went-wrong/">Read More</a>

A woman who was killed when a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into her Pompano Beach home has been identified.