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Audio: Pima County Sheriff's Department releases 911 tape from helicopter crash
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Audio: Pima County Sheriff's Department releases 911 tape from helicopter crash

  • Pima County Sheriff's Department
  • Feb 2, 2011
  • Feb 2, 2011 Updated Feb 2, 2011
Audio: Pima County Sheriff's Department releases 911 tape from helicopter crash
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Audio: Pima County Sheriff's Department releases 911 tape from helicopter crash
The Pima County Sheriff's Department today released the 911 tapes from Monday's fatal helicopter crash on a mountain in the Ironwood Forest National Monument area northwest of Tucson. Loren Leonberger, a civilian pilot for the Sheriff's Department, died in the crash. Three others aboard the helicopter were injured, one seriously.

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