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Off. the alarms went off. security came in. told us everybody, get out of the building now. do not take the elevators. walk down the stairs. >> the pilot has been identified as tim mccormick. he was a certified flight instructor with 15 years of experience flying helicopters and single engine planes. he was an ex-fire chief in upstate clinton, new york. his colleagues are left heartbroken and stunned. >> tim will be exceptionally missed by his department members. not only for his leadership, but his wonderful sense of humor. rest in peace, brother. >> and investigators say there's no sign of c...

The scene as a debris field on fire. and an augusta a-109 e chopper slammed down on the roof of the 5 4-story building. a witness describes the moment of impact. >> you could feel the building shake and you could actually hear the alarms when they went off. the alarms went off, security came in. told us, everybody, get out of the building now. do not take the elevators. walk down the stairs. >> now, the pilot has been identified as tim mccormick. he was a certified flight instructor with 15 years of experience flying helicopters and single engine planes. he was also an ex-fire chief in upstate...

Shake and you could actually hear the alarms when they went off. the haathe alarms went on, secu said get out, don't take the elevators. >> the pilot was tim mccormick, a certified flight instructor with 15 years of experience flying helicopters and single engine planes. he was also an ex-fire chief in upstate clinton, new york. his colleagues there left heartbroken and stunned. >> still will be exceptionally missed by his department members, not only for his leadership, but his wonderful sense of humor. rest in peace, brother. >> you can see how sad they are. investigators say there is no sig...

Entirely correct. if you were to look at that motor, which failed before yesterday, you would say this is brand new. >> so he should have been flying this plane. the plane was safe to fly because he was having engine trouble before he crashed. >> engines do quit. when you only have one, you have to be pretty smart and think about what you're going to do about it quickly. single engine planes whether a 1942 or a 2002 airplane when you have one engine and it quits, you're going to go down. >> so he managed to crash land this plane and survive because he was a very experienced pilot. he takes pil...

Built for business. breaking not of san antonio, texas. i'm john scott on the news deck in for shep today, along with hey gabe goal. just so hopes we both fly single engine planes but she has flown jets for the u.s. navy and landing on aircraft carriers. we have a very serious situation in san antonio. four people on board, beech bonanza, having landing gear problems. the pilot apparently cannot get the gear to stay down successfully. it appears they may bring this thing in for a belly landing, and the idea is to do that as safely as possible, but you know this pilot is sweating bull'lls rig...