Hudson River helicopter crash victims laid to rest in Barcelona to the tune of Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’

A funeral for the Spanish family of five that died in the Hudson River helicopter crash earlier this month was held in Barcelona Tuesday — with the somber service concluding with a haunting rendition of “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra.

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Sant Vicenç de Sarrià to remember Agustín Escobar and Mercè Camprubí Montal, who died along with their three young children Agustín, 10, Mercè, 9, and Víctor, 4, when the hired chopper broke apart midair and plunged into the New York City waterway on April 10.

The family had been in the Big Apple celebrating the ninth birthday of their middle child when the sudden tragedy struck. A heartbreaking photo taken shortly before their deaths shows the elder Agustín

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