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A prominent cardiac surgeon from North Shore University Hospital and his wife were killed on Saturday when their single-engine plane crashed behind a house in Woburn, Massachusetts, authorities said.
Dr. L. Michael Graver, 65, Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at North Shore, and his wife, Jodi Cohen, 55, both of Manhasset, were killed shortly before 11 am when the aircraft s & # 39; Is crushed in a according to the Middlesex County District Lawyer, Marian Ryan. Cohen was a real estate agent of Douglas Elliman.
Mr. Graver, whom the authorities described as an experienced pilot, was flying at the time of the accident, said Ryan at a press conference in the afternoon.
The 2006 Columbia Aircraft LC41 departed Republic Airport at Farmingdale around 9:30 am and was scheduled to land at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts just after 11:00 am, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Woburn police began receiving 911 calls about an airplane crash shortly after 11 am, Ryan said.
Stakeholders located the bodies of Burn, who owned the aircraft, and Cohen, about four miles from Hanscom Field. No one on the ground was injured and no house in the area was damaged.
No crime is suspected, Ryan said.
"The National Transportation Safety Board will determine the probable cause of the accident," the FAA said in a statement.
The Middlesex District Attorney's Office, the Massachusetts State Police, the Woburn Police and Fire Services, the FAA, the NTSB and the Aeronautical Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation are all investigating the crash.
Cohen was a certified public accountant and a Long Island native who started her own business, Ask Jodi First, in 2013.
Burn, a surgeon who has been practicing cardiothoracic and vascular surgery for more than 40 years, was a part-time professor at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University.
Earlier this year, Graver was recognized as one of the four state-wide cardiothoracic surgeons with the lowest mortality rates among his patients, compared to more than 140 cardiac surgeons assessed at the national level. 'State.
"Mike was an exceptional surgeon and a great guy," said Dr. Alan Hartman, Northwell Health's Senior Vice President of Cardiothoracic Services. North Shore University Hospital is part of the Northwell Health System.
Robert Brodsky is a journalist who has been working at Newsday since 2011. He is a graduate of Queens College and the American University.
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