The fatal plane crash on October 11 , 2006 , that killed New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his pilot crashed into Acta 's apartment building in New York while he was still coaching for the Mets . Acta was n't there at the time because he had gone to Shea Stadium to prepare for that night 's Game 1 of the NLCS between the Mets and St. Louis Cardinals
fatal plane crash
2006 New York City plane crash
Manny Acta