Funeral Saturday for pilot in Seattle copter crash

The Columbian

Published: March 19, 2014, 5:00pm

A photo of helicopter pilot Gary Pfitzner is shown at right, Wednesday in Seattle as part of a growing memorial in the lobby of KOMO-TV in memory of Pfitzner and former KOMO veteran photographer Bill Strothman, who were both killed after the helicopter they were in crashed after it took off from a helipad at KOMO-TV on Tuesday.

SEATTLE — The funeral for the pilot killed in Tuesday’s news helicopter crash in Seattle will be Saturday in Issaquah.

KOMO says the funeral for Gary Pfitzner will be at noon Saturday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The service is open to the public.

Pfitzner and photographer Bill Strothman were killed as their copter went out of control while taking off from the KOMO helipad. It crashed and burned in the street near the Seattle Center.

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