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By Jeremy | October 12, 2006
A plane crashes into a Manhattan high-rise in the middle of the day, and no one except the two passengers onboard is killed or seriously injuried? No one could have imagined it this time yesterday. But by 2:35, that was the silver lining coming out of an otherwise tragic afternoon in the Upper East Side.
The story is clearly bittersweet, both an awful loss for the families of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor, and a miracle for the thousands who live and work near the crash site. Mayor Bloomberg even reported that two residents of one of the apartments hit by the plane were home at the time of the accident and survived unscathed.
For New Yorkers, the crash calls into question just how safe the airspace over New York City really is five years after 9/11? For sports fans, Tigers manager Jim Leyland put it best when he said: "Last week, Cory Lidle was an opponent. Today we lost a teammate." For all of us, it's a reminder how fragile life is and how we must cherish each moment as if it's our last.
I join millions of other Americans in praying for the families today and thanking God that this tragedy wasn't worse.
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