please accept that genuine open discussion is a part of the fabric.
I agree ...
There seems to be many reports of 'eye witness's seeing the aircraft
the account of a witness that the helicopter seemed to be 'looking for an alternative place to land'
some reports even include seeing its beacon and postion lights, does this not point towards the aircraft clear of any weather ?? ... is it possible that it was tracking below the cloud base. Metar was reporting 200' ... pretty low to be searching for home or alt place to land.