Newly released video shows bystanders rushing to help a child trapped beneath the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in Huntington Beach on Saturday, injuring five people.

Footage obtained by KTLA shows the helicopter flying overhead before suddenly dropping and crashing into a staircase, just feet away from the person recording. People can be heard screaming and scrambling away as debris scatters across the walkway. A brief moment shows two people lying on the ground, gripping the stairway railing amid the chaos.

After the crash, the helicopter is seen lying against a stairway near the Waterfront Beach Resort as smoke rises from the twisted fuselage. Two men rush toward the wreckage, where a child appears pinned beneath the aircraft. One man crouches to reach the child, attempting to

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