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Video Vault: Sen. John Heinz's final appearance

Newswatch 16's Fred Letteri spoke with the Senator just hours before he died in 1991.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Thirty years ago this week, a U.S. senator and six others were killed in a tragic plane crash.

On April 4, 1991, Senator John Heinz was flying from Lycoming County to Philadelphia when a technical error led to a mid-air collision with a helicopter.

Newswatch 16's Fred Letteri spoke with the senator just hours before he died.

That story is this video vault.

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