While reading 'Rotary Wings over US Cities' (May 2013) my attention was drawn to the mention of the New York Airways accident on May 16, 1977, on the roof of the Pan Am Building. I was working for the New York City Fire Department at the time and responded with Eng Co 26 to the incident. While en route we were redirected to the intersection of Madison Avenue and 43rd Street for a woman 'hit by a car'. On arrival we found a large group of people surrounding a woman laying on the sidewalk with a massive head injury. Next to her was a jagged chunk of metal which turned out to be part of the rotor of the helicopter that broke apart on the roof of the Pan Am Building. There were five fatalities, four on the roof and the woman on Madison Avenue.
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机译：在阅读“美国城市上空的旋翼”（2013年5月）时，我注意到了1977年5月16日在泛美大厦屋顶上发生的纽约航空事故。当时我在纽约市消防局工作，并向Eng Co 26响应了该事件。在途中，我们被送往麦迪逊大街和第43街的交叉路口，遇到一名被汽车撞倒的妇女。到达后，我们发现一大群人围着一名严重受伤的人躺在人行道上。在她旁边是一块锯齿状的金属，原来是直升机旋翼的一部分，在泛美大厦的屋顶上破裂了。有五人死亡，四人在屋顶上，而那名妇女在麦迪逊大街上。
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