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Son Of Former Chase Manhattan CEO David Rockefeller Dies In Private Jet Crash

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65 year old Richard Gilder Rockefeller, 65, son of former Chase Manhattan CEO David Rockefeller, and great grandson of John D. Rockefeller Sr. has been identified as the deceased in a small plane crash just outside of Westchester Country Airport.  The aircraft, owned and operated by Mr. Rockefeller, was a single-engined Piper PA-46-500TP (registered N5335R). As NYC Aviation reports, though the cause for the incident is unknown, visibility at HPN for the last several hours this morning has been poor, at 1/4 mile or less; and the Airport Manager reports that the aircraft struck some trees just after departure.

"It's a terrible tragedy," said family spokesman Fraser Seitel, who confirmed the death. "The family is in shock. Richard was a wonderful and cherished member of the family. He was an experienced pilot. He was a medical doctor, and it's horribly sad.

Multiple police vehicles and a fire truck surround cottage Avenue in Purchase after a small plane appeared to have crashed near Westchester County Airport. Video by Thane Grauel .

 

According to Lohud, Seitel said the 64-year-old Rockefeller, grandson of John D.
Rockefeller, ate dinner with his father Thursday night to celebrate David Rockefeller's 99th birthday.

The Piper plane (similar to the one Rockefeller was flying)

 

The plane's registration to Rockefeller

More from Lohud:

Airport operations administrator Peter Scherrer said the plane, a Piper Meridian single-engine turbo prop, took off from Runway 16 at the airport and went down at 8:08 a.m., crashing into trees off Cottage Avenue in Purchase. The weather was foggy and rainy at the time. The flight had been expected to last an hour and 14 minutes.

 

Richard Rockefeller lives in Falmouth, Maine. According to FlightAware flight tracking service, the plane left Portland International Jetport in Maine at 2:22 p.m. Thursday and landed at Westchester Airport at 3:41 p.m.

 

Dr. Rockefeller practiced as a family physician in Falmouth, Maine, until 2000 and has worked on global health causes. He served as president of the Health Commons Institute, a nonprofit organization, and chairman of the U.S. Advisory Board of Doctors Without Borders, according to the Rockefeller Brothers Trust Fund website. He is married and has two grown children.

 

Scherrer said the pilot flew out of the airport regularly. There were no reports of any other injuries. No one else was on the plane.

 

Officials confirmed that the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are en route to the scene and will head the crash investigation. A press conference is expected to be held around noon.

 

The Rev. Christopher Monturo of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in West Harrison said he heard about the accident on a scanner and arrived at the scene about 9:30 a.m. to offer his services as one of the town's chaplains.

 

"We just pray for everybody, that everything will go well," he said.

 

The airport closed for flights after the crash but flights resumed at 9:45 a.m., Scherrer said.

 

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Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:13 | 4854206 lex parsimoniae
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the Meridian is turboprop, but still a piece of crap IMHO

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 12:56 | 4853700 the not so migh...
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looks better then a nail gun

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 12:57 | 4853701 BeetleBailey
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In other news, I dropped a deuce this morning and it stank like.....Feces Rockefeller...an omen?

Life.

No matter how rich you are, or who you are, the Grim Reaper has a list with EVERY FUCKING BODIES NAME ON IT....

 

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:28 | 4853953 One of We
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St. Peter has a list of names too....

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:36 | 4854310 BeetleBailey
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Bet this families name is NOT on St. Petes list...

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:07 | 4853799 Jano
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A doctor died in a plane accident.

What is here the news?

If he has anything to do with Rockefeler Heritage, then fine, Firday 13-th, if not, then I am sad for him. 

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:09 | 4853811 Chuck Knoblauch
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Happy Father's Day.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:10 | 4853817 False Capital
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"The Rev. Christopher Monturo of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in West Harrison said he heard about the accident on a scanner and arrived at the scene about 9:30 a.m. to offer his services as one of the town's chaplains."

Fucking ambulance chaser. They are as bad as accident lawyers.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:11 | 4853826 Atomizer
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My condolences to the family. 

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 06:19 | 4856139 litemine
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He was brought up fed and educated on spoils of his dad, mother also was connected maybe even a relative. The double whammy could also get the father....at 99 years old could be the cadiac fatality, after losing his son.....I don't feel sorry for families that are of the ELITE and what they have done to the World.

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 14:01 | 4856880 Atomizer
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He wasn't a banker, rather a Doctor. You cannot blacklist every member of the family based on their last name, I grew up near there house. Still hold the highest respect for the family. IMHO.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:23 | 4853909 _SILENCER
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If this guy was a legit physician that tried to do the right thing, then props to him for not joining the Eugenics Deathcult.

If he was a dyed in the wool Rockefeller shitweasel in disguise as a human, fuck him.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:31 | 4853978 Meat Hammer
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+1 for shitweasel

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 22:05 | 4855672 Pie rre
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They misspelled Gilder.  I think it should be grifter.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 21:39 | 4855589 prymythirdeye
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Why don't you check out Rockefeller's influence on the medical industry?  That family changed the face of medicine in the earlier part of the 20th century....and not for good.  This guy was not  legit, period.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:28 | 4853955 youngman
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Did they find theplane..or is another Malasian airline story for CNN

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:29 | 4853958 GIABO
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Burn baby burn!

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:30 | 4853967 SAT 800
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Awww. What a shame.

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 20:48 | 4863438 MeelionDollerBogus
Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:33 | 4853987 q99x2
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Yipee, Yi Yipee, Yip. Yipee Yip Yip. Yip Yip.

Rollin rollin keep dem banksters dying.

Head em up. Ride em out.

Move em in. Move em out.

Can we get a call out for Jamie Dimon. How bout a Blankfein.

Rollin rollin rollin  Keep them bankster croakin

Head em in Move em out.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 15:29 | 4854549 HamRove
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-1

Flag on the field: Excessive celebration. 15 yard penalty.

On the other hand the entire Rockefeller family could sink in a black void of nothingness tomorrow and I would not shed a single tear. 

Still though...Raw Hide theme was over the top.

 

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:47 | 4854077 flacorps
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I can't hate someone for who their forbears were and what they did.

Sorry it happened.

Be careful when hunting monsters that you don't become a monster.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 13:52 | 4854093 uncle_vito
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Sad.   These super rich guys that can afford their own planes are their own worst enemies.   Better to be poor, not be able to afford a private plane, and live.   JFK Jr flew into the ocean because he lost his bearings in the night sky.   Too bad he was so rich to be able to own his own plane.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:39 | 4854329 Never_Put_Down
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JFK's plane was taken out. Everything pointed that way

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:59 | 4854409 Freddie
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I watched a few of the videos.   There was too much of a lag for a search getting started to be an accident.  They also searched the wrong spot.    Everyone said he would never have flown without his pilot friend on that flight.   They claim they needed time to get the buddy pilot's body from the wreck.  The video never mentioned who or what happened to this other pilot.

I doubt it was an accident because that kid could have easily been a NY Senator and maybe President. I am no Kennedy fan either.   He seemed much nicer than his family.   A lib woman who was in DC during Camelot with banking family said he was Ari's kid.   He looked nothing like a Kennedy.   He was not JFK's kid.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 16:11 | 4854685 lakecity55
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Hmmmmm.......the ONLY day in the life of "W" where there are no records.

Just like "Dad" on 22 November 1963........

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:34 | 4854970 Atticus Finch
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Funny thing about JFK Jr.

Reporters, not MSM, went to the Hyannisport airport, and the tower told them that the night of the crash the weather was clear for 50 miles. So much for disorientation.

In another story, a detective was hired to investigate the accident. After he reviewed the wreckage, he reported that it appeared as though the plane had been cut in half with plastic explosives. Foolishly he entered his findings in his report.

After receiving numerous death threats, he went into hiding.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:07 | 4854179 U4 eee aaa
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Why are you posting stories about the rich elites dying. This is a little biased for ZH to be doing. When have we ever seen you post a story of a poor guy dying while flying his plane?

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 16:10 | 4854682 mumcard
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Joseph Stack III

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:21 | 4854935 Frankie Carbone
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Because the news is always so dreary that even ZH feels the need to post something uplifting once in a while. 

The elite in this nation ARE the problem. It's a blood sin too IMO. So unlike the cops in Vegas, I feel no remorse whatsoever. Like father, like son is a potent and powerful truism. 

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 07:41 | 4860652 SteelRust
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Maybe because poor people DON'T OWN PLANES.

 

Because, hey, THEY ARE POOR, you know.

 

And they are poor because a lot zionist SOB stealed their money to buy private jet planes and stuff...

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 20:34 | 4863408 MeelionDollerBogus
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a-haw a-haw a-haw! let them boil fabergé eggs!

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:11 | 4854198 samsara
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The sad thing that this wasn't his father 40 years ago.  If it happened to his father,  I'd drink a toast.

If he was a good guy in the wrong family, I feel bad.

 

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:18 | 4854929 Frankie Carbone
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Where do you suppose that he got his value system from? Church? 

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 18:59 | 4855197 steelrules
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"The sad thing that this wasn't his father 40 years ago" With Kissinger Brezeinski and Soros on board.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:16 | 4854218 the black arrow
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At first I thought it was a piper Malibu, but if it was in fact a meridian, I put engine failure low on the list and fuel selector inbthe off position unlikely as well given the fuel requirements of the PT-6

 

Looks like inexperienced operator  error now

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:28 | 4854275 novictim
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And the nails...?

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 18:02 | 4857375 mendolover
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Just to keep it real, it was a really shitty day weather wise, and WCAP is not the best airport to fly out of on a shitty foggy, rainy morning.  My condolences to the doctors wife and kids and his patients.  Just think of all the people who could have died in a plane crash instead.  Just think if that old fucking lizard hadn't turned 99, the doctor would still be alive.  Sorry had to throw that in.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:25 | 4854251 novictim
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But none of this explains why Richard had two dozen nails in his head at the time of the crash.  

Nor does it explain how Rich got that nail gun to work in that plane while flying far above any source of compressed air.  

I'm starting to think that nail guns should be outlawed.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:33 | 4854299 cobra1650
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looks exactly like bronfman

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 14:33 | 4854300 My Days Are Get...
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I will try to add another perspective:

In the 1980s, I represented a wealthy German industrialist.  He had been a transport pilot in WWII and flew his own single and twin engine planes.

We were in Chicago in early November at a trade show.  He was hot to trot to buy a corn and bean farm in the Midwest.  We had an appointment with a broker in the NW corner of Indiana to look a large farm.

He chartered a twin engine plane and pilot - we took off from Meigs Field Airport in downtown Chicago - the weather was horrible - mixed rain and sleet.  We flew for about an hour and landed in a regional county airport somewhere near Tippecanoe, Indiana.  The weather was still bad.  The broker picked us up and drove about 20 miles to the farm - we toured the place and then returned to the airport.

By that time, the weather had deteriorated even more.  It was getting dark.  No other aircraft were moving in the area.  I asked the pilot - is it safe to take off.  He replied:  If we don't clip them trees at the end of the runway, then we are fine.

They turned on the lights to illuminate the runway.  My client and I entered the plane. He took the front seat next to the pilot.  At this point, my client, who had more than 40 years of flying experience said this:

"The pilot wants to live just as much as we do."  If he says, lets go, then we go. 

We took off, cleared the trees and made it back to Meigs Field.  We met our guys and had a sumptuous dinner at one of Chicago's tony restaurants.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 22:01 | 4855658 Pie rre
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May they were holding the pilot's family hostage.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 15:08 | 4854456 tony wilson
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a sad day indeed.

the eagle has lost its son init

a time for calm stillness and  reflection.

of what has come to pass.

freedom lovers let us pray

and hope a rothschild jew  and a 1000 sons of saud are next.

 

david the father ha ha fuck you.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 16:08 | 4854674 lakecity55
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Chairman: "You chose The Barry. He has....failed us. You know the rules, David. There must now be a sacrifice."

DR: "No! Not him."

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:13 | 4854839 Chuck Knoblauch
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Is Barry in play yet?

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 15:22 | 4854524 shadowboxer
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...another banker suicide or just another dead Dick?

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 15:28 | 4854545 Money_for_Nothing
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Probably an accident. Otherwise it's a Godfather Horses's head.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 16:02 | 4854649 lakecity55
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Your basic Illuminati Sacrifice.

Nothing to see here.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 16:43 | 4854802 css1971
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The psychos are moving against each other, the black ops are shifting up a gear. The fact that it's getting public means the shit must be about to hit the fan, big time.

I'm sure we'll see this in a game/movie/book at some point.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:12 | 4854854 Chuck Knoblauch
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Dick, give my regards to John Denver, JFK Jr., and Paul Wellstone!

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:16 | 4854923 Frankie Carbone
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A dead Rockefeller splattered all over the ground, and by now, finished with the "talk" that Jesus had with him, and with the split second agonizing pain of being dismembered at impact a remote pleasant memory compared to the torment that he is undergoing now. 

Young Rockefeller, AntiChrist's father lied to you. You sold your soul and it was, in fact, God that made the final disposition in the end. Sucks to be you. 

What a nice pleasant story to read going into the weekend. :)

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:53 | 4855028 22winmag
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Not another case of airplane sabotage?? The Watergate plane crash was highly suspicious. The JFK Jr. crash was a sudden nose dive in clear weather, and Flight 800... well we all know about that.

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 19:03 | 4855209 monad
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Moar fresh (compatible) organs for David! Fate, karma, chance, justice, its all good. 

Anyone seen the Dream Team lately?

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 19:31 | 4855287 crash commando
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So . . .bullish?

Fri, 06/13/2014 - 21:58 | 4855651 bunnyswanson
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Where is the ambulance?

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 00:54 | 4855934 ken
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Another member of the elite, disappeared, to start a new, anonymous life?

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 01:44 | 4855974 iAmerican
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A dozen credible witnesses called Martha's Vineyard 911 when the never-found tail of JFK,Jr.'s plane (w/co-pilot/instructor's seat - filled by name according to flight manifest - unbolted and removed in its entirety) was blown off by the same satanic Vatican banker Rockefeller-Bush/Rothschild Fed Scam false Jew Talmud/papist pedophile Fifth Column faction of "the real Anti-Christ" all know used Mossad and the JFK-assassinating Roman Catholic CIA/FBI to perform Rockefellers' WTC asbestos abatement, and is staging the mass-shooting (and Boston Bombing) psyops to terrorize and disarm we "goyim" (viz. sovereign People under the Creator alone) just as the same faction terrorized the masses by impaling tens of thousands of Christs for twice denying Caesar was God to build the Roman Empire/Church (viz. Hobbes/Jefferson).

Whig v. tory is God v. Satan, in 1776, now, and forever.

Death for Treason

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 00:50 | 4860317 iAmerican
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As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

Karma's a bitch.

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 19:14 | 4857499 DymanicDoug
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ghoulish tinfoil fedora headed..asholes..Dr. Rockefeller...DR Rockefeller...

proper respose...SORRY FOR YOUR familys LOSS>>

Sat, 06/14/2014 - 23:53 | 4857963 iAmerican
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But for the Godless: "The sins of the satanic, JFK-assassinating father, grandfather, and "Big Oil" on unredressed murder and arson great-grandfather are visited on the sons who fail to stand against treasonous psychopathy to the third and fourth generation."

Proper response by "Annuit Coeptis," Smithian Capitalist true American Patriots? Amen

"Causeless the curse shall not come."

May the Beast soon be cast down, and God bless America again.

Death for Treason

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 07:33 | 4860643 SteelRust
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May he R... ot To Hell. He, and all his zionist family and "friends"...

Mon, 06/16/2014 - 14:14 | 4861970 MeelionDollerBogus
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For really-realz? Someone actually managed to bag a Rockefeller. I wonder if it will be not long from now a Rothschild has a boating accident but it's not his/her precious metals that takes the visit to Davey Jones' locker?

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