Cory Lidle killed in plane crash

[cameraman]

A small plane, registered to Yankee (ex-Phillies) pitcher Cory Lidle, crashed in NYC today.
AP is reporting that Lidle was aboard.

link (http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8A37B1AC-F95F-4AD7-B3C6-81A82556919F)

[IlliniRacer]

:( AWFUL news.

Here is a quote from the Sept 10th Delaware Online (http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060910/SPORTS01/609100378/1025/SPORTS05&theme=):


Fly guy

The Phillies weren't enamored of pitcher Cory Lidle's hobby of flying a four-seat airplane.

But now that Lidle is with the Yankees, it's an especially sensitive topic.

In 1979, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson died when a plane he was piloting crashed near his home in Canton, Ohio. Lidle earned his pilot's license last offseason, and has insisted his plane is safe.

"The whole plane has a parachute on it," he told The New York Times. "Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land.

"But, if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly."

[Don Quixote]

:( AWFUL news.

Here is a quote from the Sept 10th Delaware Online (http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060910/SPORTS01/609100378/1025/SPORTS05&theme=):
That is plain eerie.

[Robstar]

Yeah, saw that on the news this morning... very sad... :(

[Wabbit]

That is plain eerie.

Don't you mean plane eerie?

[ferrarigod]

I'm in NYC until Jan, but I was working downtown, which to say the least is VERY far away. Even down here we knew something was up before it was on CNN, the sirens were blaring and looking out of our window we could see EMS after EMS vehicle in a line travelling down Broadway. Was crazy.

I hope no one was injured on the ground, or in the buildings, just a sad situation.

Thougths and prayers to those we were killed or injured.