"I saw an airplane banking very, very steeply," he said. In seconds the firefighters and the police were here, thank God." feet ({{rnd/bExpression error: Unexpected < operator.|Expression error: Unexpected < operator.|(Expression error: Unexpected < operator. He was 40. "That's about what you'd expect if the plane started to descend," he said. In 2007, Lidle was posthumously inducted into the Binghamton Baseball Shrine since he had played for the Double-A In his first start for the Yankees, he went six innings, giving up one run on four Lidle was married and had one son. The official did not indicate whether Lidle, a student pilot, was flying the plane.. The baseball player had earned his pilot licence last year and had recently purchased the four-seat Cirrus SR 20 plane.The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, endorsed the view of US federal officials that there was no reason to believe the crash had any terrorist link.Mr Bloomberg said that the plane had taken off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and circled the Statue of Liberty before flying north and eventually crashing into a 50-storey luxury apartment building.14 firefighters and two police officers were injured tackling the subsequent fire, while nine people were hospitalised after being struck by falling debris.RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball with seven different teams. (Thoughts turn to 9/11 in crash confusion)Henry Neimark, a witness on the ground who is a pilot, said the plane was flying erratically before the crash, and it appeared the pilot lost control. New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and a second person were killed when the small plane they were flying in slammed into a 50-story apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He and his wife, Melanie (nee Varela), were married in 1997. The prior two were catcher The Yankees wore black armbands during the entire 2007 season in memory of Lidle.Lidle is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Covina Hills, in Neil Best, "Francesa feels haunted by Lidle interview" from "Investigators go over Lidle crash scene", Hajela, Deepti, Associated Press. "I just heard this huge, huge crash," said Tamer Faltos, who was a few buildings away when the plane crashed. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned crashed into a residential building in New York City. A high school baseball player from Long Island was killed last weekend in a car accident just outside of Albany.

FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said the East River is in a corridor governed by Visual Flight Rules, meaning that pilots must stay over the river and climb no higher than 1,100 feet. Emergency vehicles jammed several blocks of smoke-filled 72nd Street after the accident was reported. Her housekeeper was also present and helped her escape. The building has 183 mainly two- and three-bedroom apartments valued at as much as $1.3 million.Photos from a freelance photographer showed a wing and debris from the plane on the ground. They, along with others in the building, were all safely evacuated, he said.The fire department said the fire was out by about 4:30 p.m.Eleven firefighters and five civilians were slightly injured in the accident on Manhattan's East Side, the mayor said.More than 160 firefighters from 39 units responded to the four-alarm fire. In a prepared statement, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said, "This is a terrible and shocking tragedy that has stunned the entire Yankees organization. HOLIDAY, Fla. -- Authorities say former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay is dead after his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. "I said to myself, 'That's very odd for a light plane like that.'" Elmer Gedeon died in an airplane crash during World War II. October 12, 2006 The plane smacked the 39th and 40th floors of the Belaire condominium building, then crashed to the street below, setting fire to at least one unit in the building as well as burning on the ground.

No residents at the Belaire Condominiums at 524 E. 72nd Street near the East River were injured.Two bodies and Lidle's passport were found in the street, responders told CNN.