Wife of Rescue 116 pilot Mark Duffy issues public thank you for help

The wife of one of the pilots killed in the Rescue 116 helicopter crash off the coast of Co Mayo last March has issued an open letter thanking the public for their support.

Dundalk native Captain Mark Duffy was one of the four crew members who died when the Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 crashed into Blackrock Island, off the Mayo coast.

Captain Duffy’s remains were recovered from the sea, as was the body of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, while the bodies of crewmen Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith have yet to be found.