UPDATE: Aircraft hit building at 71st and York Ave on East Side of Manhattan

Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 10/11/06 | Rush Limbaugh

[Yossarian]

Rush reports that a Cessna has been reported as crashing into (at least one) apartment complex in NYC Mannhattan's upper east side - on East 71st Street.

[Alberta's Child]

Bernie Karik on Fox now.

This must really be serious. They let him out of jail to do a report on this?

[Babu]

Fox reporting: "Multiple U.S. Sources: Crash Appears to be an Accident"

[Squawk 8888]

Very good question. There is no excuse for hitting a building even if there are mechanical problems; the regs require flying 1,000 feet higher than the tallest obstacle within a mile. Which means that it is either terrorism or an inept/careless/negligent pilot. The latter is more likely but I wouldn't rule our the former just yet.

[petercooper]

I'm sure the pilot is unregognizable at this point. Prayers to all the victims.

[the OlLine Rebel]

That would be the DUMBest comment heard all day.

Since there's no such word as "stupidest". ;-)

[battlegearboat]

The shepard Smith just said that if you see fighter planes in the air overhead, do not be concerned.

[rwfromkansas]

I am just making a distinction between an individual with evil intent compared to a person with the backing of a terrorist organization like Al Q.

I don't consider an individual acting alone to be a terrorist, at least in the same sense as a person working for Bin Laden.

That does not mean they aren't evil, but technically they are not terrorists.

[MadeInAmerica]

10/11/06 rotated about the 11 equals 09/11/01
No, it equals 90/11/01...
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No, no no....you have to square it, then devide by the number of hours in the day....then rotate it :)

The terrorists are using complex math now, don't ya know :)

[johnny7]

I heard Bloomberg anounced it's OK to loot as long as it's food.

[TankerKC]

Authorities may not be sure what happened, and may be clueless as to who has survived, and may have no idea as to what actually hit the building but they have just announced that "this is not terrorism".

That, of course, is as silly as positively declaring that it is terrorism.

[najida]

Makes you miss the days when you got your news 2 weeks late via telegraph.

[Kimberly GG]

because they have

[Ladysmith]

Oh lord. LOL

[ken5050]

JUst getting in..has anyone else noticed that today is the 11th????

[caresistance]

Agreed, But why must you treat me as a child? Also creates distrust of getting the truth from big daddy Gov't in a true emergency or war scenario.

[knews_hound]

That is the last personal insult I will put up with from you.

Shall I hit the abuse button or do I need to remind you of the forum rules?

A simple apology will suffice.

[Chena]

If it's just an accident, why send up fighter jets?

Until more facts are known, it was probably a wise decision to be vigilant and cautious.

[shoedog]

Smart precaution. Remember how their has been criticism that they didn't react fast enough during 9/11. You have to take that type of precaution.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Fighters scrambled:

Nancy Pelosi today said that because of Bush's failed policies, the fighters were not scrambled fast enough and an investigation into this should take place.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL.....OK....we are such ntpickers here....