One worker on the seventh floor said it “felt like a small earthquake.” Andrew Heath, 37, working on the fifth floor, said what he heard “sounded like a manhole cover had exploded.”. “I remember that morning all too well.”. There apparently were no radio communications between the pilot and any air traffic control towers in the vicinity, the official said. “So I immediately got on the radio to let command know what we had on the roof so they down below could start sending the appropriate resources up to us on the roof,” she said. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York spoke to reporters at the scene of a helicopter crash in Midtown Manhattan. It crashed on the roof of 787 Seventh Ave. about 11 minutes later. That was Mr. McCormack’s last communication before he crashed and died on the roof of a 51-story office tower in the middle of Manhattan on Monday afternoon, the official said. The pilot, an experienced flier named Timothy McCormack, told the heliport he could not find his way. Added a colleague, Antony Cordero, “You never know what it is, if it’s terrorism.”. Mr. Bodini, the founder and chairman emeritus of American Continental Properties, a real estate company, used the helicopter to commute to the city from a home in Westchester. The deceased pilot has been identified as Tim McCormack, according to law enforcement sources. But in contrast to that bright, clear day, the weather was dismal on Monday. NEW YORK — The pilot of an eight-seat, twin-engine helicopter was killed when the chopper crashed on the roof of a Manhattan building and … Mr. McCormack, who also lived upstate, had flown for Mr. Bodini’s company for five years, a company spokesman said. In a statement issued by public relations firm Stu Loeser & Co., the company said: From CNN's Brynn Gingras and Shimon Prokupecz. The lunchtime crowd, eating lobster and drinking Champagne, was jolted by the noise. Mr. de Blasio told reporters at the scene of the crash that it was an “absolutely stunning, shocking incident.”, The impact jolted the building at 787 Seventh Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets. Andrew M. Cuomo said there was no indication that it was linked to terrorism. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident. Some people have been evacuated. After an early review of evidence, investigators believe that the pilot had been stuck on the ground at the 34th Street heliport along the East River because of poor weather, but saw an opening and headed for his base in New Jersey by traveling south along the river, according to a senior city official who was briefed on the preliminary findings but not authorized to discuss them publicly. A helicopter had crashed onto the roof of an office building on Seventh Avenue and burst into flames. Seeing a break in the weather, Mr. McCormack lifted off at 1:32 p.m., the law enforcement official said. Pilot Is Killed in Helicopter Crash on Roof of New York City Building. Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said firefighters, who arrived in little more than four minutes, put the fire out as the building below, which houses the offices of several financial firms, was being evacuated. The investigators may not have much to work with. Police officials said they quickly ruled out that possibility. American Continental Properties, the company that owns the helicopter that crashed in New York City, said pilot Tim McCormack flew for them for the past five years. The first firefighters were on scene within five minutes, and “within half an hour we had water on the fire and most of the fire extinguished,” he said. For hours on Monday, fog surrounded the skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan, hiding the upper floors behind a gauzy, grayish curtain. The crash unnerved onlookers, who initially wondered if it had been deliberate. A helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a midtown Manhattan building today, sparking a fire and killing one person believed to be the pilot, New York City officials said.