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Cory Lidle, the New York Yankee's pitcher was killed wednesday October 11th when he crashed into an apartment building in NYC. His flight instructor was also in the plane with him. The plane hit the 39th and 40th floors of the high-rise and then crashed to the streetand, setting fire to the building. It took 45 minutes to control the fire. A witness said that it looked like the plane just flew into someone's living room. There were two people in one of the rooms when the plane crashed. Miraculously, no one in the building was killed or injured. However eleven firefighters were injured as well as 5 civilians.

There had been a distress call, before the plane had crashed, that the plane was having fuel problems. When they reached the 59th Street Bridge, radar lost contact with them. Thats when the plane was probably starting to descend. The National Transportation Safety Board still has yet to figure out how the plane ended up on 72nd Street because they have no idea.

Supposedly Lidle is the second Yankee to die in a plane he owned. Catcher Thurman Munson was also an unlucky one to have this happen to him. Lidle was on the last year of his contract and had just recently had the money he needed to go out and buy the plane.

I can't even imagine what his team mates as well as family is going through. It was such an unfortunate event that led to Lidle's death.

And for the people who had the plane come through their room, that must have been the strangest thing.. At first the crash had a lot of people thinking it was another terrorist attack but it was a accidental crash that led to the death of a respected Yankee pitcher.

posted by Anonymous @ 10/14/2006 08:02:00 PM