Eric Adams cuts short visit to Dominican Republic, heads back to NYC to meet with Hudson River helicopter crash victims’ families

Mayor Adams trim short his travel to nan Dominican Republic Saturday and returned to nan Big Apple to meet pinch nan family of this week’s tragic chopper clang successful nan Hudson River.

The mayor, who ordered flags astatine City Hall and different city-owned buildings lowered ​Saturday successful consequence to this week’s tragic tile illness astatine a Santo Domingo nightclub that near ​at slightest 221 group dead​,​ was besides expected to return a vessel to nan segment of nan chopper clang and laic a wreath.

“We guidelines successful solidarity pinch our Dominican community,” ​Mayor Adams ​w​rote connected X​ successful respect to nan determination to admit nan Dominican Republic calamity by lowering nan flags. “We proceed to mourn nan much than 200 group killed successful nan tragic tile illness successful nan Dominican Republic.”

The flags will stay lowered done nan weekend.

Follow nan latest connected nan tragic tile illness astatine a Dominican Republic nightclub:

• Terrifying infinitesimal Dominican Republic nightclub’s tile collapses, sidesplitting 113 and trapping dozens
• Two ex-MLB players among those killed successful nightmare Dominican Republic nightclub tile collapse
• Former MLB All-Star Nelson Cruz’s sister dormant successful Dominican Republic nightclub tile collapse
• Singer Rubby Pérez, who performed astatine Dominican Republic nightclub during tile collapse, declared dead
• MLB world mourns Octavio Dotel, Tony Blanco aft deaths successful nightclub tragedy: ‘Heartbroken’

Adams returned from nan Dominican Republic Saturday aft concisely visiting location pinch NYC Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who is Dominican, to salary their respects pursuing Tuesday’s incident.  

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