The pilot of the doomed helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River was a Navy veteran — and posted ... Johnson most recently lived in Salem and Virginia and spent time in Montana, where ...

Just two weeks before a deadly helicopter crash over the Hudson River, Navy veteran Sean Johnson ... shows he is from Chicago and lived in Virginia. His wife, Kathryn, told Gothamist that he ...

br></p> The pilot of the private helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday was identified as 36-year0old Sean Johnson, who was a Navy SEAL veteran and a former celebrity bodyguard.