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July 28, 1945 – B-25 crashes into the Empire State Building
July 28, 2017, 12:27 PM
Sig209That's a crazy story, no doubt.
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July 28, 2017, 12:48 PM
newtoSig765This incident was the first thing that crossed my mind when the first plane hit the WTC on 9/11.
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July 28, 2017, 01:45 PM
Hound Dogquote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
This incident was the first thing that crossed my mind when the first plane hit the WTC on 9/11.
Yeah, me too. Then I saw the clear blue sky and knew something sinister was at play. . .
The B-25 crashed in heavy fog with zero visibility.
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July 28, 2017, 02:17 PM
HRKThink about being one of the guys building this scaffolding at the 78-79 floors above the ground..
July 28, 2017, 04:58 PM
satchI was 6 years old when that happened and remember hearing about it on the radio.
July 28, 2017, 05:48 PM
Xer0Apparently, a woman who was in the elevator at the time, plummetted something like 70 stories when the cable got severed, but managed to survive and still holds the world record for surviving in an elevator fall from so high. The super long cable stacked up in the elevator tube and slowed/cushioned the elevator car as it fell.
July 28, 2017, 06:06 PM
220-9erquote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
This incident was the first thing that crossed my mind when the first plane hit the WTC on 9/11.
Me too.
Even though the event was way before my time, I had heard the story.
I'm surprised this didn't happen more often during the earlier years of aviation.
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July 29, 2017, 07:22 AM
cincinnatijimThere was an interesting book written about that flight and the crash. Unfortunately I don't remember the title.
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