Rescue helicopter crashed into a Florida apartment complex, killing fire captain and a resident

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A medical rescue helicopter has crashed into an apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing a fire captain and a woman on the ground. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said one of its fire-rescue helicopters crashed near the Pompano Beach Airpark on Monday morning (Aug. 28, 2023). The dead paramedic was identified as Capt. Terryson Jackson. The woman’s name was not immediately released. A video posted online shows flames coming from the midsection of the helicopter as it is trailed by a long plume of smoke. The helicopter then appears to break in half as it begins to spiral, plunging to the ground.