Helicopter crashes onto roof of Manhattan skyscraper, killing one

A pilot died when a helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Midtown Manhattan building in a hard landing on Monday, filling the air with smoke and clogging the city streets with fire trucks, according to police and fire officials.

The pilot, Tim McCormack, was the only person on board the privately owned Agusta A109E helicopter, said police and fire officials.

No one else was injured in the crash, which took place in the heart of New York City, just blocks from Times Square, according to city officials.