1945 plane crash into Empire State Building
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On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Empire State building at the 79th floor. Heavy fog was the major culprit. The two pilots and the passenger on the plane were killed along with 11 people from the building.
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The Empire State Building can be viewed through a hole in the roof of a penthouse on 33rd street, New York, in this July 28, 1945 photo. Debris from an army B-25 bomber which crashed into the Empire State Building caused the hole in the roof along with a fire to the penthouse. (AP Photo/stf)
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A fireman stands beside a twisted girder as he examines the gaping holes in the north side of the Empire State Building, on the 79th floor, evidence of the terrific impact with which a B-25 Army bomber crashed into the structure in New York, July 28, 1945. (AP Photo/stf)
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This was this scene after an Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 78th and 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945 in New York. (AP Photo)
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Smoke billows from the Empire State Building in New York, July 28, 1945, after an Army B-25 bomber enroute to Newark Airport crashed into the upper floors of the structure. Fires were started on the upper eleven floors of the building. (AP Photo)
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This hole in the Empire State building between the 78th and 79th floor is where an Army B-25 bomber crashed into the north wall on July 28, 1945 in New York. (AP Photo)
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The gaping hole, circled, at the 78th and 79th floors of the Empire State Building in New York, marks the place where the B-25 army bomber crashed into the structure yesterday, July 28, 1945, killing at least 13 people. Photo was made July 29, after the dense fog that helped cause the crash dissipated. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons)
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One of the people injured on the seventy-ninth floor of the Empire State building after a B-25 bomber crashed into the building is helped by New York City firemen on July 28, 1945. (AP Photo)
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A workman and a reporter examine wreckage on the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945 after a B-25 Bomber crashed into the north wall. (AP Photo/stf)
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A wheel of the Army B-25 bomber which crashed into the upper part of the Empire State building on New York, July 28, 1945 is lodged in the elevator shaft. This is a view made from the 79th floor, looking through the shaft down to the floor below, where a fireman looks through the debris. (AP Photo/stf)
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Firemen and other investigators look at the damage done in an office on the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building by a B-25 bomber, July 28, 1945. (AP Photo)
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Wreckage from an army B-25 bomber accident sits on 34th Street, July 28, 1945. The bomber, which was headed for Newark Airport, struck one of the upper floors of the Empire State Building. (AP Photo/stf)
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Plane crash into Empire State Building
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The Empire State Building can be viewed through a hole in the roof of a penthouse on 33rd street, New York, in this July 28, 1945 photo. Debris from an army B-25 bomber which crashed into the Empire State Building caused the hole in the roof along with a fire to the penthouse. (AP Photo/stf)
Plane crash into Empire State Building
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A fireman stands beside a twisted girder as he examines the gaping holes in the north side of the Empire State Building, on the 79th floor, evidence of the terrific impact with which a B-25 Army bomber crashed into the structure in New York, July 28, 1945. (AP Photo/stf)
Plane crash into Empire State Building
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Smoke billows from the Empire State Building in New York, July 28, 1945, after an Army B-25 bomber enroute to Newark Airport crashed into the upper floors of the structure. Fires were started on the upper eleven floors of the building. (AP Photo)
Plane crash into Empire State Building
- TOM FITZSIMMONS
The gaping hole, circled, at the 78th and 79th floors of the Empire State Building in New York, marks the place where the B-25 army bomber crashed into the structure yesterday, July 28, 1945, killing at least 13 people. Photo was made July 29, after the dense fog that helped cause the crash dissipated. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons)
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A wheel of the Army B-25 bomber which crashed into the upper part of the Empire State building on New York, July 28, 1945 is lodged in the elevator shaft. This is a view made from the 79th floor, looking through the shaft down to the floor below, where a fireman looks through the debris. (AP Photo/stf)
Plane crash into Empire State Building
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Wreckage from an army B-25 bomber accident sits on 34th Street, July 28, 1945. The bomber, which was headed for Newark Airport, struck one of the upper floors of the Empire State Building. (AP Photo/stf)
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