A horrific car crash has left three generations dead after a SUV flipped over a guardrail and plummeted 50 feet into the grounds of the Bronx Zoo Sunday.

The van was said by police to be traveling "at a high rate of speed" southbound in the left lane on the Bronx River Parkway when it hit the median...

UPDATE: A woman has been confirmed dead in the helicopter crash after being trapped in the underwater wreckage.

The remaining passengers are being treated in Bellevue and NYU Hospitals, another woman was in cardiac arrest and two others are also in critical condition, reported the New York Post.

A fourth person, also a man, was treated on the pier.

Families, friends and total strangers gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Saturday to honor the New York City Fire Department heroes who died on September 11, 2011.

So many arrived -- including firefighters from all over the country -- that many had to remain outside the overflowing cathedral and listen to the service on loud speakers.

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An honor guard, with each member carrying a flag, represented the 343 members of the FDNY who died trying to save others in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Many of the firefighters who attended from as far off as California, Nevada and Florida, wore their uniforms to the emotional ceremony.

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Patrick Lyons, born shortly after his father, Lt. Patrick Lyons of FDNY Squad 252 was killed, spoke movingly of the dad he never knew.

I know you are in heaven and always watching over me," Patrick said.  "I love knowing you are a hero.  I wish I could have met you."

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After a poorly-received Friday night show in New York got him Bronx cheers, Charlie Sheen rebounded in his second performance at Radio City Music Hall on his My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour Sunday night, getting two separate standing ovations during the show, and RadarOnline.com has video and photos from his stop in The Big Apple.

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Instead of wearing his usual baseball jersey, the former Two and a Half Men star, 45, donned an FDNY shirt in tribute of the authorities who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.