Deja vu hits with a crash (Plane is New Yorker's 2nd bizarre disaster)

Chicago Tribune ^ | October 14, 2006 | AP

[Andy from Beaverton]

NEW YORK -- A woman whose apartment was burned in the high-rise crash of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's plane was the victim of another frightening, bizarre and high-profile Manhattan accident years earlier, when a lamppost knocked over by a parade float seriously injured her.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Two one in a million episodes? Stay away from me!

[Stallone]

This woman has had more bad luck than the Democratic party.

[proxy_user]

This is very bad - first the Cat in the Hat, then Cory Lidle.

[Sacajaweau]

Stay away from her?? No way!! Everyone near her has "good luck".

[LonePalm]

At first I thought you were referring to the Yankees getting knocked out of the play-offs.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[G Larry]

Kathleen....
Kathleen, this is God.
Kathleen, I want you to move out of New York.
KATHLEEN, THIS IS GOD, AND I'M SERIOUS! MOVE AWAY!

I want you to move to Western New York and start building an Ark.
Kathleen, do I have your attention yet?

[ordinaryguy]

I can't believe that parade floats are allowed to parade right through Manhattan. It is like the wild west. It is dangerous, and needs to end. Now.

[BunnySlippers]

I believe they have changed the laws a bit since her incident.

[Jack Hammer]

Murphy's Law.

[AndrewB]

Here she is.

[AndrewB]

OK...here she is!

[NapkinUser]

Are you serious?

[battlegearboat]

Not to mention the time she was hit in the neck with a broken bat at Yankee Stadium and the time she caught a puck in her teeth at a New York hockey game.

And who can forget the time she fell into the gorilla pit and was held hostage for a bunch of bananas. Shortly after that, she fell overboard on the Staten Island ferry and was rescued by a submarine.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Kathleen, should play the PowerBall. Seriously. She has some odd karma about her.

FWIW, real estate in that Upper East Side neighborhood is like 1.1 mil for a little over a thousand sq. feet (a smallish two bedroom, w/ a postage stamp sized galley kichenette). The insurance claims from all the damage done will be in the multi-millions.

[ordinaryguy]

Sure, I've learned from the folks afraid of small planes flying over the city, that five years after September 11, these types of things should not be happening.

The only reason floats are allowed, is because the float owners are mostly companies in the top 1% in income and assets, and often have their own lobbyists. They are politically active and know the right people.

(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719725/posts?page=3#3)

[jocon307]

This is very strange. She was seriously hurt in the parade accident, that I remember.

[Bernard]

I think that bit ended with, "Noah, how long can you tread water?"

[G Larry]

You're a Very Funny Fellow.....RIGHT!

[gridlock]

A man is mugged every 35 seconds in this country.... and he's getting a little tired of it!