Show Plane crashes into New NewYork York building building Megan Murdock Contributing Writer According to Mayor Michael Bloomburg on Wednesday Oct 11 a private plane left the Teterboro Airport in New Jersey The plane experienced engine trouble and ran into a building in Manhattan NY The plane was registered under Cory Lidle pitcher for the New York Yankees Lidle earned his pilots pilot's license last season off-season and tried to assure everyone that his a four- four seat plane he bought for was safe stated the New York Times The plane circled the Statute of Liberty and then headed north up the East River said the Times At pm p.m. received an emergency call saying that a plane had hit hita a building on 72 Street As declared by the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Times The aircraft struck at about the 40 or 41 floors of the building at East 72 Street near York Avenue known as the Belaire Flames shot out of the building and smoke streamed up into the sk sky visible for miles Reports revealed the planes plane's lanes lane's engine had stalled just before impact They could see the pilots pilot's they saw the plane veering toward the right as if the pilot was trying to avoid hitting them said Luis Gonzales Officials have confirmed the death of Lidle along with his flight instructor Lidle's passport w was s found on the ground by the rise high-rise building the plane crashed into Lidle was a season mid-season addition to the Yankees He came to New York from the Philadelphia in a trade In Lidle's nine years in he played for seven different teams including the New York Mets Oakland As A's and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays This season Lidle recorded 12 wins with ah an ERA of I In his last game on Oct 7 Lidle pitched third and innings in game 4 of the AL Divisional Series In honor of Lidle the postponed the NL Championship Series game game between the Mets and the St. St Louis Across the country the Oakland As A's played thin the Detroit Tigers in the AL Ai Championship Series paused for a moment of silence before t the e game in remembrance j Jeren W. W Canning also contributed to this report report |