Crime & Safety
Videos Capture Water Rescue Of Shane McMahon, Plane Landing On Sunrise Highway Wednesday
A helicopter landed in the ocean and a plane landed on Sunrise Highway Wednesday. Watch incredible videos from both scenes.
A helicopter in the ocean. A plane on Sunrise Highway. It was a wild few hours Wednesday on Long Island.
No one was hurt in either emergency landing, but news that Shane McMahon, the son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon, was on the helicopter that landed off Gilgo Beach around 10:25 a.m. made headlines across the country.
The NYPD shared this footage from a helicopter that responded to aid in the rescue of McMahon and a pilot:
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Read more: Shane McMahon On Helicopter That Makes Emergency Landing Off Gilgo Beach
Less than three hours later, a small plane made an emergency landing on Sunrise Highway near Exit 57– Horseblock Road in Suffolk County.
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The male pilot, who was alone on the plane, was not injured.
Thomas Lupski, a real estate agent, was in a car on Sunrise Highway as the plane landed in front of him. He shared this incredible video on YouTube (note it does contain some profanity):
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