Inside the NYPD: The Hudson River Plane Crash

Posted: February 23, 2009 
Channel: Police
Tagged: Air-Sea Rescue, Emergency Service Units, new york, nypd, Plane, scuba

Description

In this power podcast/mini-doc, we follow the heroic members of the NYPD’s Air-Sea Rescue, Scuba and Emergency Service Units as they come together in a time of crisis, under dangerous inclement weather conditions and get a job done… saving 155 lives in the process.

This production took us all over the great city of New York. From a 55-foot scuba launch on New York Harbor, to the cobblestone streets of the West Side, to the piers, to Floyd Bennet Airfield, to sweeping aerial passes of the City skyline aboard a custom “Huey”.

Throughout it all we never ceased to be amazed by the candor, bravery and humility of of these professionals as they so calmly cast themselves into harms way in order to aid their fellow citizens.

The piece was assembled from hours upon hours of: Original action footage and personal interviews, NYPD skycam and closed circuit security tapes as well as archived news footage of the event.