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Plane Crash in NYC's Upper East Side
A small plane has crashed into a building on east 72nd St. If you are traveling in the city today, you might want to avoid the area. The following is the article.
EW YORK CITY_(AP)_ -- A small plane crashed into an Upper East Side high-rise Wednesday, killing two people, raining debris on the sidewalks below and rattling New Yorkers' nerves exactly one month after the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
The two deaths were confirmed by the city police. There was no word yet on injuries linked to the crash on an overcast October afternoon.
Large crowds gathered at the crash scene in the tony New York neighborhood, with many people in tears and others trying to reach loved ones by cell phone. Mayor Michael Bloomberg went to the site, where parts of the fuselage were falling to the ground.
Christine Monaco, a New York spokeswoman for the FBI, said there was no indication of terrorism in connection with the plane that slammed in the 50-story condominium tower. FAA spokesman Jim Peters said all three New York City-area airports were operating normally.
``The initial indication is that there is a terrible accident,'' said
Department of Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke.
The aircraft struck the 20th floor of a building on East 72nd Street, said Fire Department spokeswoman Emily Rahimi. The crash ignited a four-alarm fire in the building, with 39 fire units and168 firefighters responding.
``It's a mob scene with police and helicopters circling,'' said Sandy Teller, watching from his apartment a block away. ``There's a dozen ambulances and lots of firefighters waiting on 72nd, on the corner. There's lots of stretchers ready, gurneys. And lots of emergency people waiting.''
The crash struck fear in a city devastated by the attacks of Sept. 11 five years ago. Witnesses said sirens echoed across the east side of Manhattan as emergency workers rushed to the scene. The crash triggered a loud bang.
Broken glass and debris was strewn around the neighborhood.
``There's a sense of helplessness,'' Teller said. ``Cots and gurneys, waiting. It's a mess.''
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was too early to determine what type of aircraft was involved, or what might have caused the crash in the middle of a hazy October afternoon.
Richard Drutman, a professional photographer who lives on the building's 11th floor, said he was speaking on the telephone when he felt the building shake.
``There was a huge explosion. I looked out my window, and saw what appeared to be pieces of wings, on fire, falling from the sky,'' Drutman said.
He and his girlfriend quickly evacuated the building.
The address of the building is 524 E. 72nd Street_ a 50-story condominium tower built in the late 1980s and located near Sotheby's auction house. The Belaire Condo, developed by William Zeckendorf Jr., has 183 apartments, many
of which sell for more than $1 million.
Several lower floors of the building are occupied by doctors and
administrative offices, as well as guest facilities for family members of patients at the Hospital for Special Surgery, hospital spokeswoman Phyllis Fisher said. No patients were in the high-rise building and operations at the hospital a block away weren't affected, Fisher said. The Hospital for Special Surgery specializes in orthopedic operations.
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