Aurora hosts helicopter egg drop event ahead of Easter Sunday

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- It was raining Easter eggs Saturday in Aurora.

Well, maybe not raining, but they did drop from the sky.

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Faith Lutheran Church dropped 2,000 candy filled eggs from a helicopter.

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Some of the eggs contained special prizes. The egg drop was open to children ages 12 and younger.