LEVY, Lior
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LEVY, Lior Louie (1975-1981) was killed in the helicopter crash of a Catalina Airlines Sikorsky off Pebbly Beach on February 22, 1981. He was five years old. Levy is buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles.
In the News~
February 23, 1981 [LAT]: “ 2 killed in crash of Catalina copter. A Catalina Airlines helicopter crashed in the ocean off Santa Catalina Island Sunday , killing a young boy and a man on his honeymoon and injuring six other people, including the pilot. A Coast Guard spokesman said the helicopter, a Sikorsky S-62A amphibious transport, had just completed its 15-minute flight from San Pedro and was landing at Pebbly Beach near Avalon when the crash occurred. Los Angeles County lifeguard Lt. Steve Wagner said the lifeguard boat Baywatch Avalon found the pilot, two women a man and two boys clinging to the partly submerged fuselage minutes after the crash. Two others, a man and a boy, were trapped inside and it sank about 300 yards from shore—in 200 feet of water, he said. Efforts by divers were unsuccessful and were finally abandoned die to darkness. A spokeswoman for Catalina Airlines said "At this time, there is no comment to be made" about the crash. It was the airline's fourth fatal crash in less than four years. The dead were identified as Miguel Ortega, 24, of Maywood, whose bride of two days, Gloria, 18, survived, and Lior Levy, 5, whose parents and two brothers also survived. The survivors were taken to Avalon Municipal Hospital where pilot Walter Pinkerton, 32, of Manhattan Beach, was in serious condition with chest and neck injuries. A Coast Guard helicopter took him to Torrence Medical Center, where he was later reported in stable condition. Others remain in Avalon. A hospital spokesman said 11-year-old Joseph Levy, brother of the dead boy, was in serious condition with a compound fracture of his right leg.”
