Thoughts on NYC Plane Crash
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howeirdA couple of unrelated thoughts popped up when i saw the news story about Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle's plane crashing into a high-rise apartment building in NYC.
The first one was WTF is the FAA and Homeland Insecurity doing, allowing any aircraft to fly at that altitude anywhere near Manhattan?
The second is why is everyone crying over the guy who crashed his plane, while there has not been word one about the victims whose high-priced homes have been made into toast because some sports star wanted a joy ride? Even if nobody was killed, at least three people/families are homeless, and probably a dozen more need to move out due to water and smoke damage. Idiot media once again picks the easy story to tell, and ignores the real story.
And one wonders anyway about a player who has gone through 7 teams in 9 years.
Lidle pitched with the Philadelphia Phillies before coming to the Yankees. He began his career in 1997 with the New York Mets and also pitched for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland A's, Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds
The first one was WTF is the FAA and Homeland Insecurity doing, allowing any aircraft to fly at that altitude anywhere near Manhattan?
The second is why is everyone crying over the guy who crashed his plane, while there has not been word one about the victims whose high-priced homes have been made into toast because some sports star wanted a joy ride? Even if nobody was killed, at least three people/families are homeless, and probably a dozen more need to move out due to water and smoke damage. Idiot media once again picks the easy story to tell, and ignores the real story.
And one wonders anyway about a player who has gone through 7 teams in 9 years.
Lidle pitched with the Philadelphia Phillies before coming to the Yankees. He began his career in 1997 with the New York Mets and also pitched for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland A's, Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds
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Date: 2006-10-12 09:21 pm (UTC)Who am I supposed to mourn for, the dead people, or the rich condo owners who likely have insurance, and more importantly, are not in fact dead.?
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Date: 2006-10-12 09:43 pm (UTC)Yes, it was indeed a joyride. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/12/plane.crash/index.html
(this may be updated by the time you click on the link)
Bloomberg reported that the plane left Teterboro Regional Airport in New Jersey about 2:30 p.m. and was on radar as it circled the Statue of Liberty and headed north up the East River. But radar lost contact, he said, when the plane reached the 59th Street Bridge.
He was making the VFR tour of Manhattan, something which is solely for pleasure.
Yeah it's rude of me to say it, but I don't mourn the winners of the Darwin awards. I do feel sorry for their innocent victims. That includes his family. Though I shudder to think of how much $$ they will be getting in life insurance.
Assuming people are rich because they own a condo in a 50-storey building in NYC is like assuming I'm rich because I spend way too much of my income on a nice townhouse in Silicon valley. It ain't necessarily so. But rich or not, they didn't wake up yesterday morning asking for someone to set fire to their homes, and it will take a while before the insurance is any help, so yeah, I feel sorry for them.
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Date: 2006-10-12 10:18 pm (UTC)He was only licensed for VFR, of course. Considering that his flight instructor was with him, despite him being legal to fly solo, it's more likely that he was working on bringing up his hours and/or instrument training. I'm not yet willing to call this a joyride, or write him off as a Darwin nomination. I personally don't see a reason to blame, or be angry at anyone just yet... especially considering that we don't know what happened.
Fair point on the rich comment, I think odds are better than even that someone with a condo in a high rise on the Upper East side in NYC is in fact 'rich', but that shouldn't marginalize their loss. Were my apartment to burn down, even with insurance, there are things that I could never replace.