Helicopter Crash on Catalina Island
Date: 5/24/2008 Album ID: 524562
Photos by Jeff Gritchen
CATALINA ISLAND - An Island Express helicopter crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Catalina Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catalina Island on Saturday, May 24, 2008. Photos by jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
CATALINA ISLAND -  An Island Express helicopter lies in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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CATALINA ISLAND -  An Island Express helicopter lies in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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CATALINA ISLAND -  A Los Angeles County Sheriff guards the wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif. The charred remains of the helicopter will remain on the island until NTSB investigators examine the wreckage sometime Sunday. 
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CATALINA ISLAND -  Los Angeles county coroner investigators remove the  bodies from the wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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CATALINA ISLAND -  Los Angeles county coroner investigators examine bodies in the wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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CATALINA ISLAND -  Los Angeles county coroner investigators examine bodies in the wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif.  
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CATALINA ISLAND -  Investigators examine the wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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CATALINA ISLAND -  The wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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CATALINA ISLAND -  Onlookers watch as investigators examine the wreckage of an Island Express helicopter that crashed in the isthmus between Isthmus Cove and Cat Harbor in the Two Harbors area of Catallina Island on Saturday May 24, 2008. Catalina Island is approximately 26 miles off the coast from Long Beach, Calif.  
Jeff Gritchen/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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