Helicopter fell out of the sky in Seattle (news copter).

My best bud flies a Robinson R66 here in the Vancouver area and he was devastated when he heard about this. He flies every other day and I have been with him through bright sunny days and terrible stormy weather. Flying in these things is an acquired taste and definitely not for everybody.

He was telling me that in 9 out of 10 wire strikes, the pilots knew they were there. In this case though, we will never know.