Cory Lidle's Plane Hit the Building in NY

[thesandman]

A private plane registered to Cory Lidle hit the 40th floor on a building in NY. Unofficially, they are saying he was the pilot. I hope he wasen't on the plane, but it sounds like he was. All the news channles are covering this.

[rented mule]

Fox News just announced that he was the pilot and is dead

Holy crap.

[Blackbeard]

plane was registered to him, and 2 people were on it, one was a memeber of Yankee Org.

[bover1]

wow i just heard that to....when your numbers up your numbers up.....his poor family...

[TMAC951]

WOW I hate to hear that..

Yankees' Lidle Dies In Plane Crash
New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was the pilot of a small airplane that crashed into a 50-story condominium in Manhattan, and Lidle is one of two confirmed dead, New York police said.

[rented mule]

They are confirming 4 dead now.

[TMAC951]

They are confirming 4 dead now.

I just heard on CNN that he was the only one in the plane..

[thesandman]

Now CNN is saying he was alone. He only had his pilot license for 7 months.

[wayne1218]

wow ....... Sad .......

[TMAC951]

Here is the latest from ESPN.com

Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-riseESPN.com news services


NEW YORK -- A small plane piloted by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, raining flaming debris onto the sidewalks below and rattling New Yorkers' nerves five years after the Sept. 11 attack.

Lidle died in the crash.

The twin-engine plane came through a hazy, cloudy sky and hit the 20th floor of The Belaire -- a red-brick tower overlooking the East River, about five miles from the World Trade Center -- with a loud bang, touching off a raging fire that cast a pillar of black smoke over the city and sent flames shooting from four windows on two adjoining floors.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

[rented mule]

I just heard on CNN that he was the only one in the plane..

Right....but it slammed into a building and debris flew off the building.

[Blackbeard]

I'm hearing 3 people on the plane, and 1 in an apartment that died

[Tinman1960]

wonder why he did not bail out

[TMAC951]

I'm hearing 3 people on the plane, and 1 in an apartment that died

I just heard CNN say Lidle was the only person in the plane and 3 others that werent in the plane that are dead... Several firefighters are at the hospital with injuries..

[Blackbeard]

i got the local news on from nyc, but its anybodies guess