Granted a half century had passed, I was still surprised I had never heard of this crash. On Saturday July 28, 1945 an American B-25 Mitchel bomber was flying through thick fog in New York while attempting a landing at a Newark Airport. The plane, misdirected in the low visibility weather, struck the empire state building between the 78th and 80th floors. One engine shot through the building and landed a block away.14 were killed: the pilot, two passengers, and 11 people in the building. Despite the lives lost and an estimate $1,000,000 in damages (in 1945), most offices were open the following Monday.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1940s/a/empirecrash.htm
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