LAKEVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Family and friends are remembering the two Wisconsin men who were killed in the helicopter crash in Minnesota over the weekend.

Remembering a hero

The backstory:

Lakeville police said they responded to the scene near Airlake Airport, south of the Twin Cities, on Saturday just before 3 p.m.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the two men who died in the helicopter crash as 81-year-old David Schmitz of Spooner, Wisconsin, and 66-year-old Robert Drallmeier of Glenwood City, Wisconsin.

What they're saying:

There has been an outpouring of love from family and friends who are remembering Schmitz and Drallmeier.

"He’s obviously a hero as far as I’m concerned. He was in the Marine Corps. I was a Navy corpsman with the Marine Corps. We

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