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Help Find This Missing Woman

ian spiegelman — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:45:43 EDT

You might have seen this plea and this message on many, many webpages this weekend. 23-year-old school teacher Hannah E. Upp went missing from her Harlem apartment on Friday and police are looking for anything that might lead them to her. Click through for a larger photo. If you have seen her or heard anything about her, please call Det. Perez at the 30th Precinct, at 212-690-8842, or at 212-690-8843. Someone must have seen or heard something. You do not have to give your name to give your information. Please step up and tell what you know. This is actually important. And anyone using this thread to make a certain old complaint about the media and missing people, you'll get banned instantly.

Plane Crash Craigslist Ads: Please Stop Sending Them

Chris Mohney — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:15:51 EDT

Craigslist's censors are working overtime to remove swarms of jokey classified ads for apartments in the building hit by Cory Lidle's plane. Trust us, even discounting the black humor factor, they're not funny. But maybe if we run one, you'll stop clogging up our inbox with the hilarious forwards that came over the interoffice mailing list? Please? OK, deal. Click after the jump if you must, knowing that we in no way endorse the following. We won't bother to link, as the following ad is already gone.

$800 Great, furnished room - just opened today (10/11) - UES - amazing! (Upper East Side)

Reply to: see below
Date: 2006-10-11, 4:17PM EDT

Huge - 15 x 12 BR - in 2 BR apartment on 39th Floor of great 50-story building - doctors downstairs for all you single women! I am looking for a fun, female roommate who can deal with a little bit of construction and activity in the apartment in the coming days, weeks, maybe months.

Room has a new Ikea furniture - desk, dresser and matching bed - and used to share a wall with the living room.

Features:
-New kitchen
-New tile in bathroom
-Bath with whirlpool streams
-Plasma TV (my ex gave it to me)
-4 blocks from Subway

Only problems:
-No pets
-No loud music
-Fixed wing aircraft fuselage burning in the living room - lots of smoke in there!

I will be away from my apartment phone for a while - e-mail me for deets!

524 E. 72nd St.

Earlier: At Least Two Confirmed Dead in Lidle Plane Crash, Ex-Teammate on Lidle: 'Just Wants to Fly and Gamble'

At Least Two Confirmed Dead in Lidle Plane Crash

Chris Mohney — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:58:45 EDT

Current updates on the Manhattan plane crash:

• CNN claims that Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was the sole occupant of his plane when it crashed into the highrise apartment building; Deadspin notes that at his press conference, Mayor Bloomberg said there was a passenger (supposedly a flight instructor) as well.

• The New York medical examiner's office confirms two dead; breaking reports indicate Lidle is indeed one of the dead (his passport was found on the street below the building's impact hole), and the other was also on the plane, as opposed to inside the building.

• One of Lidle's former flight instructors in the New York Times, quoted on September 8: "''He was probably my best student ... He learned very, very quickly, and a lot of it is desire. He had huge desire. 'Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane. But to learn quickly takes money and time. Of course, Cory had plenty of money, and it was the off-season, so he had the time.''

[Photo: Getty Images]

Earlier: NY Yankee Cory Lidle Piloted Crashed Plane

Ex-Teammate on Lidle: 'Just Wants to Fly and Gamble'

lock — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:58:34 EDT

More on the crash of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle's plane on the Upper East Side: Deadspin finds this photo of Lidle and his plane, and a quote from his former teammate, Arthur Rhodes, who had this to say about Lidle after he was traded to the Yanks in July: "The only thing Cory Lidle wants to do is fly around in his airplane and gamble. He doesn't have a work ethic."

Mayor Bloomberg has confirmed that Lidle had a passenger with him on the plane.

Lidle Crash Coverage [Deadspin]

Previously:
NY Yankee Cory Lidle Piloted Crashed Plane
First Photos: Plane Crashes in UES Building

NY Yankee Cory Lidle Piloted Crashed Plane

Chris Mohney — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:38:43 EDT

Our relations at Deadspin are collecting reports that the plane which crashed into the Upper East Side building was registered to — and probably piloted by — New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle. ("This is totally what happens when Detroit wins," says one person on the street. Please, no hate mail.) Pretty much every news outlet you can think of is all over this one, so go forth and soak up the tragedy.

Plane That Crashed Into NYC Building Licensed To Lidle [Deadspin]

Earlier: First Photos: Plane Crashes into Manhattan Building

First Photos: Plane Crashes into Manhattan Building

Chris Mohney — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:57:01 EDT

The crash, at 72nd and York on the Upper East Side. After the jump, a couple more shots.

UPDATE: And a tipster sends in a few more flamey shots, also after the jump.

Reader-submitted images:

Earlier: Breaking: Airborne Vehicle Crashes on UES