One of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the collision with an American Airlines jet is a Mississippi native, ...

and despite the chilly temperatures hundreds of people filled Poplar Street for the show. Soon after the Christmas Lights flickered on at 6:00 p.m., the Macon Pops started to jingle bell rock.

A Noxubee County native was among those aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a regional jet Wednesday in Washington, D.C., reports say.