NEW VIDEO - Helicopter Crashes in Pearl Harbor February 18, 2016 (Hawaii)

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Moment civilian helicopter crashed into waters near the USS Arizona Memorial, it happened at about 10:30 a.m. in the area near the Ford Island bridge and the National Park Service Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Helicopter crash near Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor - February 18, 2016.. Five people were on board at the time. Witnesses tell us they saw the chopper when it was about 30 yards offshore and knew right away that something was terribly wrong. “It kept sputtering, very erratic flying, probably 20 yards from shore, maybe 30 feet up, looks like he cut the prop, because the helicopter dropped down and hit the water probably 20 yards offshore, sat there for about 20 seconds bobbing, then it went under,” said witness Daniel Rose. “Guys started going in the water, diving down. Two people came up.” A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after a civilian helicopter crashed into waters near the USS Arizona Memorial Thursday.Teen critically hurt after helicopter crashes near Arizona Memorial Shawn Winrich was enjoying the day and using his phone to take photos of the harbor when he noticed the aircraft. “It seemed out of place and not normal, so I switched to video real quick and shot the video clip,” he told “I didn’t see parts flying. It wasn’t a real hard impact. There wasn’t an explosion. I remember thinking split-second, I’m behind a concrete barricade wall about knee-high, and I was just about ready to duck if I seen anything flying.” The helicopter’s proximity to shore meant bystanders could jump in and rescue the passengers within minutes. North Shore resident Chris Gardner was one of them. “Someone said there’s somebody still in the aircraft, so I dove through from the pilot’s side and the back seat and saw him, and saw the seat was twisted, so it’s just instinct at this point,” he said. “I jumped in and tried to extract him and one of the Navy policemen, Brian, had a knife, and we took turns cutting on the seat belt and finally got him out.” “I ended the video real quick because I was going to run over. I jumped the wall and ran over to the helicopter, got everything out of my pockets, and was just about to jump in, and there were a bunch of people jumping in to help,” Winrich said. Witnesses say without the help of those bystanders the scenario could have turned out much worse. Helicopter Crashes Into Pearl Harbor, 1 Critically Hurt A private helicopter with five people on board crashed Thursday into Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, leaving a teenage passenger dead Honolulu Tourist Helicopter Crashes in Pearl Harbor Helicopter crashes into Pearl Harbour, one person critical Pearl Harbor helicopter crash: 1 critically injured, four others ... Scary video: Helicopter crashes into Pearl Harbor, 1 critically hurt Helicopter crashed into PearlHarbour, one critically hurt “It was just a few feet out into the water, so maybe 20 feet out from the actual rock shore, so real close, luckily,” Winrich said. “I hope the pilot planned that intentionally. If not, he just got lucky it was in that area, probably the best place because it was real close, easy access to a bunch of people to help if anything happens.” copter hard landing by Pearl Harbor - U.S. Navy in Honolulu says there were no fatalities immediately after a helicopter with five people on board crashed into the Pacific Ocean.