NYC Hudson River helicopter crash victims ID’d as family-of-5 on vacation from Spain

The head of the Spanish division of global technology company Siemens and his family were identified as five of the victims who were killed on the ill-fated helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River Thursday, according to law enforcement sources.

Agustin Escobar, president and CEO of Siemens in Spain, his wife and their three children were killed in the fiery crash in which a tourist chopper plunged into the murky waters.

Gut-wrenching photos on New York Helicopter Tours website show the bundled up five family members smiling in front of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV helicopter and strapped inside the aircraft.

The three children all appear to be in middle school or younger.

The loved ones just got into the Big Apple from Barcelona earlier in the day, law enforcement sources said.

The identity of the pilot was not known as of Thursday night.

The sightseeing chopper broke apart midair and then plummeted like a rock into the Hudson around 3:15 p.m.

Four victims were pronounced dead at the scene and two more were declared dead at the hospital, officials said.

The cause of the crash was unclear with an investigation underway.

Escobar had 25 years of international experience in which he led businesses across the globe, including the US, South America, Spain and Germany, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He had been CEO of Siemens Spain since late 2022.

When the German-based multinational company announced his new position, his predecessor, Miguel Ángel López, said Escobar’s work has been key to Siemens’ success in the field of mobility and transport.”

He was also the Global CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility since last October, according to the profile.

The chopper Escobar and his family was on appeared to lose parts of the aircraft as it plunged into the water, witnesses said.

“But you could literally see that the propeller just snapped right off. You can see it snap off, and then it just came straight down,” witness Charles McSorley said. 

The names of his wife and three kids were not immediately known Thursday night.