[新聞] Lidle's dad learned of plane crash on tv

[yadayada (小羊羹)]

By Wright Thompson
ESPN.com

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2622099

Doug Lidle and his close friend Bobby Compton played a round of golf
Wednesday morning near their southern California homes. Afterward, they went
into the snack bar and watched as the television news broke in with an urgent
flash: A small plane had crashed into a Manhattan skyscraper.

"We were watching it on TV," Compton told ESPN.com, "not even thinking it
could be Cory, because Doug thought Cory had already left."

Lisa Lidle, Doug's wife, had just spoken to their son, Cory. "See you
Saturday," he'd told her. Lidle's parents were sure he was on his way home.
He'd planned to fly back to California later this week, making a few stops
along the way.

Not worried, the men parted ways. Compton, who is also Doug Lidle's
supervisor at Century 21 Colonial in Covina, Calif., went back to the office.
Soon, the news began to spread through the building: Cory Lidle, who had been
a customer of the real estate group as well as a friend, might have owned the
plane that crashed.

Compton called his friend.

"Hey, Doug," he remembers asking. "Is it Cory's plane or not?"

"I don't know," Lidle told him. "I'm watching it."

Just then, a television report had confirmed the plane was registered to Cory
Lidle, and that his passport had been found.

"Doug, call Cory," Compton said. "And call me back."

A few minutes went by. Then a few minutes more. The truth began to set in
around the office.

"He didn't call me back," Compton said. "I waited a little bit and he didn't
call me back. I called and called; and then I said, 'Screw it.' I drove over
to see him."

He found Lidle's parents struggling to accept the loss of their son, a young
man who loved flying his new airplane and playing poker.

"Doug's holding on," Compton said Wednesday evening. "He's totally
devastated. But that can be expected."

Compton said Lidle's wife, Melanie, and their 6-year-old son Christopher had
left New York for Los Angeles before the accident, and likely had no way of
learning of the news. According to Compton, a priest planned to meet the
flight at Los Angeles International Airport and break the news to Melanie
Lidle that her life is forever changed.

"She doesn't know," Compton said. "She's on a plane heading home. She has no
clue."

T_T

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推 muller:看這篇文章好令人難過
推 kyo06:真不敢想像他們知道後的情景....令人鼻酸
推 GUAlexander:Orz
推 caribsea:禍不單行可以用在這邊嗎QQ  願Lidle一路好走!
推 Halvin: T_T
推 SUNNYSOPO:情何以堪，好難過歐
推 caribsea:雖然很少看他比賽  可是感覺好刺痛喔@@
推 a9051338:進板畫面看了覺得很傷心
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