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Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) [1] was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. Robert Wiles, a photography student, took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car.
Wreckage from the 1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash. At 9:40 am on July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith Jr., [393] crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building between the 79th and 80th floors (then the offices of the National Catholic Welfare Council).
The plane embedded in the side of the building. At 9:40 a.m., the aircraft crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building, between the 78th and 80th floors, making an 18-by-20-foot (5.5 m × 6.1 m) hole in the building [9] into the offices of the War Relief Services and the National Catholic Welfare Council.
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On July 28, 1945, residents of New York City were horrified when an airplane crashed into the Empire State Building, leaving 14 dead. Though the events of that day have largely faded from public ...
Because the crash occurred just two months after the September 11 attacks, which also took place in New York City, several major buildings, including the Empire State Building and the headquarters of the United Nations, were evacuated. Rumors circulated that the plane had been destroyed in a terrorist plot. [12] [13]
July 28 – B-25 Empire State Building crash. The Empire State Building in New York City is set on fire by a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crashed into the building, killing 14. December 24 – Niles Street Convalescent Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut , killed 21.
Skyscrapers are frequently featured in films for their impressive appearance and potent symbolism.They convey an impression of power – an old movie and TV cliché starts with the outside view of a skyscraper with a voice-over conversation, continuing inside the luxurious office of a tycoon or crime boss.