Plane Crash In NYC: Cory Lidle Dead
Only two people are dead in a small fixed-wing plane crash which occurred earlier this morning on the Upper East Side. Yankees player Cory Lidle, 34, died while piloting with his flight instructor. According to the media, no one in the Belaire apartment building at 542 East 72nd at York Street was killed.
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Still, according the Chicago Tribune, terrorism was not ruled out at first:
Nonetheless, as a precaution North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled fighter jets over several U.S. and Canadian cities minutes after the plane crashed into the midsection of the 50-story building at 2:45 p.m. Eyewitnesses said the plane smashed into the north face of the red brick building, producing a fireball that engulfed several apartments around the 30th floor and dropped debris into the street.
For those morbid souls, the Guardian Unlimited has a chronology of memorable planes crashing into NY buildings, starting with a B-52 lost in the fog in WWII.
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It brings bad memories… Anyway, I do hope that New Yorkers are more precautious now. It’s incredible how being proactive and carrying a compact Breath of Life emergency escape mask can save your life in a situation like this.