The family of five aboard the doomed tourist helicopter that plummeted into the Hudson River Thursday was tragically in New York City to celebrate the birthday of one of their three young children.

Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their three kids — ages 4, 5 and 11 — were killed along with an unidentified pilot when the chopper went down into the murky waters of the Hudson.

The family had just arrived in the Big Apple from Barcelona, Spain, to mark the birthday of one of their children, Spanish newspaper El Diario reported.

After touching down in the city, the family decided to spend their first day touring Manhattan by taking a scenic trip overlooking the Statue of Liberty.

Escobar has since been identified as the Global CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, while his wife was a global commercialization manager at Siemens Energy, according to her LinkedIn profile. She was the granddaughter of Agustí Montal Costa, the former president of FC Barcelona soccer club.

Source: NyPost