SEPT 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 9

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AROUND THE COUNTRY yrs. POMPANO BEACH, FL. A BSO Helicopter experienced a fire and a catastrophic failure of its tail boom and crashed into an apartment building, killing one of the crew members and a civilian in the apartment. POMPANO BEACH, Fl. – A Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach Monday morning, killing two people and injuring four others, authorities confirmed. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, one person on-board the helicopter was killed, along with another person on the ground. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony identified the BSO captain who died in the crash as 50-year-old Terryson Jackson, who has been with the agency for 19 years. Tony said he knew Jackson personally for over 14 years. “Terryson was a rock star. He was one of the best of us, one of the brightest. He bled this profession inside and out all day long,” the sheriff said. “There’s almost 6,000 people in this agency. I’m not going to meet everybody, and I haven’t, but that man I knew. I knew very well. And the type of effort and commitment he had for this community – impeccable.” Tony confirmed that a woman who was inside the apartment building was killed. He said the two other BSO employees who 40 The BLUES were on-board the chopper were able to crawl out and survived. He identified them as Pilot Daron Roche, 37, who has been with BSO for four years and firefighter/paramedic Mikael “Mike” Chaguaceda, 31, who has been with BSO for five years. The crash was reported just after 8:45 a.m. in the area of North Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard, a half-mile southwest of the Pompano Beach Airpark. Tony confirmed that the air rescue crew was headed to North Lauderdale, responding to a call regarding a mother and her child. “They were in air within a minute,” he said. “They were

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