A small plane, it was reported this afternoon, crashed into an apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, creating a massive fireball and at least a couple of deaths. Then, a few minutes ago, we got news that the pilot of the plane was none other than Yankees (and former Phillies) pitcher Cory Lidle, who was reportedly killed in the crash.
Lidle is, if I'm not mistaken, the first Yankee killed in a plane crash since Thurman Munson in 1979.
Posted by Stephen Silver at October 11, 2006 05:01 PMand your favorite CNN legal analyst, Nancy Grace, weighs in:
http://gawker.com/news/cory-lidle/cory-lidle-suicide-question-appropriate-207129.php
Posted by: LilB at October 12, 2006 02:42 PM