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1945: Stunned reactions after a plane struck the Empire State Building


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On the morning of July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber on a routine personnel transport out of Massachusetts encountered heavy fog and became disoriented as it passed over New York City on its descent into Newark Airport.

At 9:40 a.m., it smashed into the north side of the Empire State Building.

The impact blasted a fiery hole through the 78th and 79th floors. One of the bomber’s engines shot completely through the building, tumbling out the other side and destroying a sculptor’s penthouse studio across the street.

All three crew aboard the bomber were killed, along with 11 people in the building Read more...

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