Woman survives high-rise plane crash

A woman fled with her housekeeper from the apartment hit by New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle’s plane, followed by flames that scorched her back and legs, a relative said today.

A woman fled with her housekeeper from the apartment hit by New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle’s plane, followed by flames that scorched her back and legs, a relative said today.

“She was in the same room that the nose of the plane hit,” said Dr. Marc Benhuri, the brother-in-law of Ilana Benhuri, 50. “I’m telling you, it is an absolute miracle that she is alive. I honestly believe that God was sitting on her shoulder.”

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