Breaking news: Small Aircraft crashes into New York City High Rise Building -
The crash set off a raging fire that sent a pillar of gray smoke over the city, police said. Witnesses reported seeing a gigantic fireball come out of the building, police said.Flames could be seen shooting from windows on two upper floors of the 50-story building, near the East River. Burning debris fell from the tower, and a column of gray smoke rose over the city.
Thank God, however, that this does not appear to be terrorist related:
Officials said there is no indication the incident was a result of terrorism. There were dozens of firefighters, emergency workers and other first responders on the scene.
So far, two deaths have been reported.
I wonder what happened? It was a small plane, and so my impression is that it's likely to be pilot error, or some medical situation, perhaps. But what was a plane doing flying so close to this area, anyway?
UPDATE: Ooops, forgot to HT Ms U! Sorry....
UPDATE 2.0: FoxNews has a "Breaking News" banner "Jet Fighters Flying Over U.S. Cities as a 'Prudent Measure'"
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