So, the building that was recently hit by an aircraft in Manhattan is about 16 blocks south of RWB HQ. Too early to say much, but, there are two things: (1) today is the 11th of the month. (2) The aircraft seems likely to have hit head-on at speed to do the damage it did. It hit square in the middle of the building, in terms of left/right, so it was not an instance of a wing clipping the building as the aircraft passed.

Now they’re saying it has been confirmed as a helicopter. Well, God help any people in the apartments that were hit and everyone above the fire.

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Addendum 3:42 pm: Now the FAA is saying that it was a plane; not a helicopter.

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Addendum 4:18 pm: Info is in dribs and drabs, switching from one local newscast to another. Plane apparently left Teterboro, NJ at 2:30. So, about 20 minutes later, it hit that high-rise in Manhattan. It didn’t dawdle.

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Addendum 4:34 pm: Until we know who was on the plane, we don’t know much.

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Addendum 4:37 pm: Local CBS affiliate reporting that the FAA says the plane was “registered to Cory Lidle,” a pitcher for the New York Yankees.

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