Agustín Escobar, the president of the Spanish branch of the technology company Siemens, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and their three children, aged four, five and 11, were killed in tthe crash along with the 36-year-old pilot.
Heartbreaking photos showed the family posing on the helipad and inside the aircraft before the crash.
The family had arrived in the Big Apple from Barcelona earlier in the day, law enforcement sources told.
The pilot of the helicopter warned that they were out of fuel�just before the tragedy that killed all six on board.
The terrifying crash took place at around 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, closer to the New Jersey side of the Hudson River just off the tip of Lower Manhattan.