Across the Ist-a-Verse
As our parent site, Gothamist, reported yesterday in a detailed and oft-updated news post, former Phillies pitcher (and more recently, Yankee player) Cory Lidle crashed his single-engine private plane into the 30th floor of a high-rise on East 72nd Street in New York yesterday afternoon. Lidle and his passenger - apparently flying instructor Tyler Stanger - both died in the crash. Thankfully the only other injuries - sustained by firefighters and some people within the building - were not serious.
Lidle had become extremely passionate about flying within the past year, and bought the plane some seven months ago. He had only just taken off on a planned cross-country trip to his home in Southern California yesterday when the crash occurred. No word yet on what exactly went wrong. He is survived by wife Melanie and 6-year-old son Christopher.
Many people naturally assumed the plane crash was another terrorist attack, and such fears rippled across the country, causing stepped up security in some areas, and even affecting the stock market.
For more details and information on this story, check out the coverage on the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.
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Cory Lidle was suffering from Thurman Munson's Disease.