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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. The fire warning light had illuminated, so he activated the suppression system but the temperature gau...

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>