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defi MANAGED SERVICING Remarketing, the remarketing services of the defi SOLUTIONS platform of products and services, has named Manheim Pennsylvania Auction of the Year.
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Manheim Pennsylvania, along with Manheim’s more than 100 locations and mobile auctions, continues to achieve the highest standards of performance and customer service for defi and its lenders. This is the first recognition for Manheim Pennsylvania, Manheim’s flagship location, which is also known as the world’s largest wholesale auto auction.
“Congratulations to everyone at Manheim Pennsylvania,” said Steve Bissett, defi SOLUTIONS vice president of client services. “The entire team is phenomenal at delivering results and maximizing value for defi and our clients. We value our long-time partnership and look forward to continued success together.”
“We are incredibly honored to receive the Auction of the Year Award from Defi Solutions. This recognition is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our entire team. It inspires us to continue delivering exceptional solutions for our clients and partners. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this remarkable achievement,” said Emily Decker, general manager of Manheim Pennsylvania.
To qualify for the Auction of the Year Award, an auction must be a member of the National Auto Auction Association, be located within defi’s preferred auction network, and outperform its peers within a designated calendar year. Also being recognized are Carolina Auto Auction of Williamston, SC, and Manheim Riverside of Riverside, CA, in second and third places respectively.
defi MANAGED SERVICING Remarketing has presented the Auction of the Year Award for more than two decades through its National Quality Control Program. Established industry partnerships with top vehicle remarketing companies allow defi to minimize the turnaround time and maximize the resale value of off-lease and repossessed vehicles for its lenders.
About defi SOLUTIONS
defi SOLUTIONS is a market-leading lending software, products, and services company. We partner with the highest-volume captive auto lenders, banks, credit unions, and finance companies in North America to transform their operations. With more than three decades of experience, defi is a pioneer in enterprise cloud, SaaS-based lending and continues to provide innovative solutions for end-to-end originations, servicing, and managed servicing. Learn more at defisolutions.com.
Manheim Pennsylvania named 2024 Auction of the Year by defi SOLUTIONS, recognized for exceptional performance, customer service, and long-standing partnership supporting lender remarketing success.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says a family of Spanish tourists, including three children, died Thursday in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River that killed six people.
Adams said all of the dead have been recovered and removed from the water.
The helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the river between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront. It was the latest high-profile aviation disaster in the U.S., following other recent accidents in Washington and Philadelphia.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing six people in the latest high-profile aviation disaster in the U.S., according to witnesses and a law enforcement official.
The New York Fire Department said it received a report of the crash at 3:17 p.m. All six people aboard were killed, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.
Witness Bruce Wall said he saw the helicopter “falling apart” in midair, with the tail and propeller coming off. The propeller was still spinning without the aircraft as it fell, he said.
Lesly Camacho, a hostess at a restaurant along the river in Hoboken, New Jersey, said she saw the helicopter spinning uncontrollably before it slammed into the water.
“There was a bunch of smoke coming out. It was spinning pretty fast, and it landed in the water really hard,” she said in a phone interview.
Video posted to social media showed parts of the chopper splashing into the water, and the overturned aircraft was submerged, with rescue boats circling it.
The skies were overcast at the time, but visibility over the river was not substantially impaired. Rescue crews had to deal with 45-degree water temperatures.
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the helicopter as a Bell 206, a model widely used in commercial and government aviation, including by sightseeing companies, TV news stations and police departments. It was initially developed for the U.S. Army before being adapted for other uses. Thousands have been manufactured over the years.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate.
The rescue craft were near the end of a long maintenance pier for a ventilation tower serving the Holland Tunnel on the New Jersey side of the river. Fire trucks and other emergency vehicles were on nearby streets with their lights flashing.
The skies over Manhattan are routinely filled with planes and helicopters, both private recreational aircraft and commercial and tourist flights. Manhattan has several helipads that whisk business executives and others to destinations throughout the metropolitan area.
Over the years, there have been multiple crashes, including a collision between a plane and a tourist helicopter over the Hudson River in 2009 that killed nine people and the 2018 crash of a charter helicopter offering “open door” flights that went down into the East River, killing five people.
A medical transport plane killed seven people when it plummeted into a Philadelphia neighborhood in January. That happened two days after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair in Washington — the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a generation.
The crashes and other close calls have left some people worried about the safety of flying.
First responders from New Jersey and New York respond to the scene where a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this photo taken from video, a helicopter falls from the sky into the Hudson River , Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (Bruce Wall via AP)
A crane vessel arrives at the scene where a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
As seen from Pier 40 in New York, police and fire crews from New York and New Jersey respond to the scene where a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
As seen from Pier 40 in New York, police and fire crews from New York and New Jersey respond to the scene Thursday, April 10, 2025, where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
As seen from Pier 40 in New York, police and fire crews from New York and New Jersey respond to the scene Thursday, April 10, 2025, where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
First responders from New Jersey and New York respond to the scene where a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
As seen from Pier 40 in New York, police and fire crews from New York and New Jersey respond to the scene Thursday, April 10, 2025, where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
First responders walk along Pier 40, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York, across from where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)
A New York Fire Department Marine 1 boat departs from Pier 40, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York, across from where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)
First responders walk along Pier 40, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York, across from where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)
