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Daily Archives: October 11, 2006

Associated Press
New York Fire Department officials watch as smoke
billows out the windows of a high-rise building after
a small aircraft crashed into it.
(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Click Here to listen to the press Conference with the Mayor.

NEW YORK CITY — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle — an avid pilot who got his license during last year's offseason — was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

Lidle's passport was found on the street, according to a federal official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Plane Crash in Manhattan Deemed Accident, 2 Dead

Associated Press
New York Fire Department officials watch as smoke
billows out the windows of a high-rise building after
a small aircraft crashed into it.
(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Click Here to listen to the press Conference with the Mayor.

NEW YORK CITY — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle — an avid pilot who got his license during last year’s offseason — was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

Lidle’s passport was found on the street, according to a federal official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)
Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jung II may be detonating nukes and playing war games with the international community, but Jewish U.S. troops in South Korea are not in duck-and-cover mode. With Uncle Sam’s blessing, they’re out in the sukkah Chaplain (Col.) Jacob Goldstein built on the Yongsan Military Base in Seoul.

A "Tent of Peace" On the Korean Peninsula

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea’s Kim Jung II may be detonating nukes and playing war games with the international community, but Jewish U.S. troops in South Korea are not in duck-and-cover mode. With Uncle Sam’s blessing, they’re out in the sukkah Chaplain (Col.) Jacob Goldstein built on the Yongsan Military Base in Seoul.

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BREAKING NEWS: Small Aircraft Crashes Into NYC High Rise Building

FOX News

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Click Here for newscast of the event (CNN)

A small aircraft crashed into a high-rise building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Wednesday.

Local news reports quoted New York Fire Department officials as saying two people were confirmed dead. The FDNY confirmed to FOX News that there are people trapped inside the building on floors above where the fire is located.

FBI spokeswoman Christine Monaco said there was no indication the crash was a terrorist attack.

There were dozens of firefighters, emergency workers and other first responders on the scene.

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.

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The Providence Journal
Providence, RI - It is early afternoon in the city’s financial district. Two young men sporting beards stand next to a temporary hut they’ve thrown together beside the Amica Building on Weybosset Street, hoping to attract passersby.

“Are any of you Jewish?” a white-shirted Rabbi Yossi Laufer calls to pedestrians. Knowing that barely 1.5 percent of Rhode Island’s population is Jewish, Laufer, the rabbi who leads the Lubavitch movement’s Chabad CHAI Center in Warwick, and Levi Potash, a Lubavitcher from New York, know that the probable reply will be “no” — to which they reply, “Have a great day.”

Shaking the lulav downcity

The Providence Journal

Providence, RI – It is early afternoon in the city’s financial district. Two young men sporting beards stand next to a temporary hut they’ve thrown together beside the Amica Building on Weybosset Street, hoping to attract passersby.

“Are any of you Jewish?” a white-shirted Rabbi Yossi Laufer calls to pedestrians. Knowing that barely 1.5 percent of Rhode Island’s population is Jewish, Laufer, the rabbi who leads the Lubavitch movement’s Chabad CHAI Center in Warwick, and Levi Potash, a Lubavitcher from New York, know that the probable reply will be “no” — to which they reply, “Have a great day.”

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The News-Press
North Port, FL - A menorah stood at the end of the aisle leading to the front of the chapel, where a rabbi read Torah verses in both Hebrew and English.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Men donned yamalkas and women wore veils, customary in Jewish temples.

It was a traditional service — exactly as the family of Coralrose Fullwood, 6, said she would have wanted.

Coralrose, who was found slain Sept. 17 two blocks from her North Port home, was remembered Monday as a lively child who loved playing in the dirt — but always in a pretty dress.

“How am I going to remember her?” her father Dale Fullwood asked as he stood in front of 150 people. “She was the cute little girl who loved pink butterflies. She was the one to put on a pretty dress, and minutes later, be playing with the tadpoles in the dirt. If there was a hose, she was the first one to turn it on and make mud.”

Loved Ones Remember Rosie

The News-Press

North Port, FL – A menorah stood at the end of the aisle leading to the front of the chapel, where a rabbi read Torah verses in both Hebrew and English.

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

Men donned yamalkas and women wore veils, customary in Jewish temples.

It was a traditional service — exactly as the family of Coralrose Fullwood, 6, said she would have wanted.

Coralrose, who was found slain Sept. 17 two blocks from her North Port home, was remembered Monday as a lively child who loved playing in the dirt — but always in a pretty dress.

“How am I going to remember her?” her father Dale Fullwood asked as he stood in front of 150 people. “She was the cute little girl who loved pink butterflies. She was the one to put on a pretty dress, and minutes later, be playing with the tadpoles in the dirt. If there was a hose, she was the first one to turn it on and make mud.”

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Second Night of Simchas Bais Hashuaiva

Hundreds upon hundreds packed on Kingston between Crown and Montgomery, on the stage the Piamenta brothers rocked the night AGAIN along with Yeedle and had everyone dancing until after daybreak, approximately 7:00 am, when police finally to opened the street. Great weather contributed to the massive turnout.

Click the Extended Article for a beautiful gallery of pictures!!

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