The pilot of the doomed helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River was a Navy SEAL veteran — and posted chilling video of himself last month proudly flying in the same type of chopper over Lower Manhattan.
“When it all comes together…,” Sean Johnson, 36, wrote next to the now-eerie Facebook footage, which showed him in a Bell 206 helicopter March 27.
Friends congratulated him in their comments, with one telling him he was “living the dream” and another praising his accomplishments over the past year.
Johnson had worked in television and as a bodyguard to celebrities before recently moved to New York City to continue his aviation career, Gothamist reported, citing his wife.
He was operating a doomed Bell 206 on Thursday as part of a sightseeing tour for a family of five from Barcelona.
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