5 killed after sightseeing helicopter crashes in Tennessee

Smoke rises from a helicopter crash in Tennessee.
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All five people aboard a tour helicopter died Monday afternoon when the copter crashed in eastern Tennessee, authorities said.

Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.