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Body of fifth helicopter crash victim recovered
January 07, 2009 1:48 PM
The body of the fifth victim of a December helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico has been recovered.
Justice of the Peace Tom Gillam tells KFDM News a fisherman spotted the body December 20 along the shoreline in Jefferson County.
The victim was from Basile, Louisiana.
The helicopter carrying four passengers and a pilot went down December 11 in the Gulf, south of Sabine Pass.
The passengers were traveling to an unmanned oil rig.
