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Soldier from New Jersey among 9 victims killed in Army helicopter training crash
FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (WABC) — One of many victims killed within the Military helicopter crash in Kentucky on Wednesday was from New Jersey.
9 folks have been killed within the crash involving two Military Black Hawk helicopters conducting a nighttime coaching train in Fort Campbell.
The U.S. Military recognized all the victims on Friday afternoon.
Sgt. David Solinas Jr, 23, was from Oradell, New Jersey.
“This can be a time of nice disappointment for the one hundred and first Airborne Division. The lack of these Troopers will reverberate by way of our formations for years to return,” stated Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding common of the one hundred and first Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell. “Now could be the time for grieving and therapeutic. The entire division and this group stand behind the households and mates of our fallen Troopers.”
The opposite victims have been additionally recognized:
-Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, 33, of Milton, Florida
-Cpl. Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 23, of Austin, Texas
-Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Esparza, 36, of Jackson, Missouri
-Sgt. Isaacjohn Gayo, 27, of Los Angeles, California
-Employees Sgt. Joshua C. Gore, 25, of Morehead Metropolis, North Carolina
-Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy, 32, of Cape Coral, Florida
-Employees Sgt. Taylor Mitchell, 30, of Mountain Brook, Alabama
-Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, 32, of Rolla, Missouri
Final month, two Tennessee Nationwide Guard pilots have been killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed alongside an Alabama freeway throughout a coaching train.
The Black Hawk helicopter is a important work horse for the U.S. Military, offering key safety, transport, medical evacuations, search and rescue and different missions. It was a frequent sight within the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan through the wars conducting fight missions and can be utilized by the Military’s a hundred and sixtieth Particular Operations Aviation Regiment. Black Hawks have been additionally usually used to ferry visiting senior leaders to headquarters areas within the Iraq and Afghanistan battle zones.
(The Related Press contributed to this report.)
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20 structures threatened as crews battle wildfire in Hainesport, N.J.
This story originally appeared on 6abc.
Crews are working to contain a 40-acre wildfire in Hainesport, Burlington County.
The blaze broke out Monday night in the area of Bancroft Lane and Cove Court.
Chopper 6 was overhead as New Jersey Forest Fire crews worked to establish a containment line directly behind several homes in the area.
In a 9 p.m. update, officials said no structures were threatened, which was down from 20 earlier in the evening.
Bancroft Lane, Cove Court, and Wharton Place all remain closed.
The fire was about 20% contained Monday night.
No injuries have been reported.
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Mom, son from Jamaica grateful for Ronald McDonald House Southern New Jersey
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North Jersey U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill enters New Jersey governor’s race
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U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, fresh off winning a re-election campaign, has announced she is running to be the next governor of the Garden State.
Sherrill, who represents a North Jersey district that covers Essex, Morris and Passaic counties, announced her candidacy Monday morning on YouTube. She is the second congressperson to join an already crowded field on the Democratic side. Her colleague in the House, Josh Gottheimer, announced his campaign for governor on Friday.
The former federal prosecutor has served in Congress since 2019. She graduated from the Naval Academy in 1994 and spent almost a decade on active duty as a Navy helicopter pilot. Sherrill would go to Georgetown University law school and work in private practice before working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.
Other Democratic candidates include Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, New Jersey Education Association president and former Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and former Senate President Steve Sweeney.
There is also a sizable field on the GOP side. Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who was the 2021 Republican nominee for governor, announced his candidacy as he was conceding the last gubernatorial race. He formally launched his third campaign for governor last April.
Other Republican candidates include radio talk show host Bill Spadea, former state Sen. Ed Durr and state Sen. Jon Bramnick.
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