The family relatives killed in the collapse of the Hudson River helicopter say they are comforting themselves because of the loved ones “died together” “in the” sweetest moment of their lives. “
“There are no words to describe what we are experiencing, nor to thank you for the warmth,” said a letter published in X by Joan Camprubí Montal on Friday.
“These are very difficult times, but optimism and joy have always characterized our family,” said the statement, which was signed by 19 members of the Escobar and Camprubí Montal family. “We want to preserve the memory of a happy and united family, at the sweetest moment of their lives.
The family added that comfort is taken to know that “they have died together.”
Camprubí Montal’s sister, Mercè Camprubí Montal, her husband, Agustin Escobar, and her three young children, Augustin, 10, Mercedes, 8 years old, and Victor, 4, were killed along with their pilot when their helicopter fell into the air on Thursday before colliding against the Hudson river near the city of Jersey.
The family was visiting from Spain and preparing to celebrate Mercedes’s ninth birthday on Friday. The family also celebrated Mom Merce’s 40th birthday, said sources of application of the law.
The family left an “inseplable brand among all its family, friends and acquaintances,” said the letter.
Together with the statement, the uncle of mourning also shared a photo of the family of grains in Times Square.
Escobar-Who was CEO of Siemens-Was in the United States in business, and the family flew from Barcelona to turn the trip into a mini vacancy, authorities said this week.
Approximately 25 minutes after a tour of New York helicopters piloted by the Marina Sean Johnson, 36, the tail and the helicopter rotors broke, and the ship immersed itself in the cold waters below, killing the six on board.
The cause of the tragedy will take “quite some time” to determine, the authorities said on Friday.
The relatives of Escobar and Camprubí Montal arrived in New York City on Friday to begin the process of repatriating the bodies of return to Spain, they said in their statement.
In the next few days, they will share details for a “farewell ceremony” for their loved ones.
“Meanwhile, we ask for the greatest respect for privacy, given the global impact of this tragedy and the participation of the three minors,” they added.
Mercè’s brother was once in the race to continue the history of his family to lead the famous FC Barcelona, one of the richest football clubs in the world. Camprubí Montal retired from the race last year, according to the reports.
“The Escobar-Camprubís will always be among us, with their joy and vitality,” he wrote in his publication on Friday X.