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Michael Orsillo

Michael Orsillo

Sergeant, Port Authority Police Department ARFF Unit

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Air Canada jet collides with fire truck on active LaGuardia runway, killing both pilots

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Hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries

Late Sunday night, an Air Canada Express jet landing at New York's LaGuardia struck a Port Authority fire truck on an active runway, killing both pilots—Captain Antoine Forest, 30, and First Officer MacKenzie Gunther. Forty-one of the 76 people aboard were hospitalized, including a flight attendant ejected from her seat while strapped in. The airport shut down for 14 hours, canceling more than 600 flights.

Updated May 30