State Police honor victims of 1995 copter crash

With tears in their eyes and hands raised in salute, Massachusetts State Police troopers gathered Sunday morning to commemorate a helicopter crash that killed two of their own and two engineers 20 years ago.

On Feb. 22, 1995, State Police helicopter N820SP carrying two troopers and two AT&T engineers crashed into the yacht club building. Sergeant James Mattaliano and Sergeant Paul Perry of the State Police and Arthur Howell and Michael McCarthy from AT&T died in the crash, which was later attributed to contaminated fuel, State Police said.

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