ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 17, AN ITALIAN FIREFIGHTER lost his life when a fire department helicopter crashed into Lake Bracciano near Rome.
The helicopter was taking part in a water-rescue training exercise when it went down. There were four firefighters on board with three of them recieving only minor injuries. Sadly, the pilot perished in the crash. He has been identified as Gabriele Valente, age 32. His body was recovered by Vigili del Fuoco divers on Thursday at the bottom of the 400-ft. deep lake.
Gabriele Valente
No information has been released on the cause for the helicopter to go down.
Corriere della Serra has posted some raw video of the search operations HERE.
The cross indicates the crash site in the lake.
This video was taken earlier of the helicopter that crashed Wednesday:
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