via NYPOST:
West Virginia coal tycoon Chris Cline was rushing his 22-year-old daughter to a Florida hospital for a medical emergency when their helicopter plunged into the Bahamian sea, according to a report.
Kameron Cline, 22, began experiencing the unspecified medical issue while attending her dad’s birthday party on his private island near Grand Cay, a friend of the family’s, Lauree Simmons, told WPBFon Friday.
Relatives called authorities when the chopper failed to reach Fort Lauderdale, Delvin Major, chief of the Bahamian Air Accident Investigation Department, told the Palm Beach Post on Friday.
A major Republican donor worth $1.8 billion, according to Forbes, Cline was on board the chopper with Kameron and several of her friendswhen it dropped into the Atlantic Ocean minutes after taking off around 2 a.m.