BREAKING: Small Aircraft Hits New York High Rise
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Breaking News, Sports
Apparently it was the plane of Yankee’s pitcher, Corey Lidle.
Corey Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed today when his small private plane crashed into a residential high-rise building on New York City’s Upper East Side, igniting several apartments before pieces of the aircraft crashed to the ground, a high ranking city official confirmed late this afternoon.Police said two bodies were found on the ground shortly after the crash, one of them that of Mr. Lidle, who was a licensed pilot. The plane was registered to Mr. Lidle.
The aircraft struck at about the 40th or 41st floors of the the building, at 524 E. 72nd St., near York Avenue, known as the Belaire. That building and one next door were evacuated, police said. Flames shot out of the building and smoke streamed up into the sky, visible for miles. By 4 p.m., fire officials said the fire was brought under control.
The plane was flying under visual flight rules and was not in contact with air traffic controllers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Rest in peace.
UPDATE:
The NY Times also has a map of where it happened.
UPDATE:
Here’s what Corey Lidle looked like. Something tells me this is how he’d want to be remembered.
