Witnesses said the helicopter &mdash; which had requested to divert and land at London&rsquo;s Battersea Heliport due to bad weather conditions &mdash; hit a crane at the top of the tower near Vauxhall Bridge in Vauxhall, central London.u00a0 <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/1701crash.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 316px;" /> Pics/AFP Eight fire engines, four fire rescue units and around 60 firefighters were at the scene to defuse the situation. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/1701crash1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 891px;" /> Eyewitness Matt Haverson, said, &ldquo;It was extremely scary&hellip; I obviously thought it was a terrorist attack. &rdquo; Sarah-Beth Casey, who lives in a nearby flat, said, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re always worried about things like 9/11 and things like that. I have three small children with me in the flat. It&rsquo;s one of your fears that something like this can happen. When I heard the explosion &ndash; it was like a little earthquake.&rdquo;u00a0

Two people died yesterday including a pilot and 11 more were injured   ufffd one critically   ufffd after a helicopter struck a newly-built tower and plunged into rush hour traffic in central London. 

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