Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:24:59 -0400
From: "Mike B." <yahoo at omniphile.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
 WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Today in history....
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

It was no 9/11.

On July 28, 1945, at 9:49am, a B-25 bomber was flown into the Empire
State Building's 79th floor, creating a twenty by eighteen foot hole.
The fuel exploded, and fire went down the side of the building and into
the hallways and stairwells all the way down to the 75th floor.  One
engine went all the way through the building and fell onto a 12 story
building across the street.  The other engine ended up in an elevator
shaft, on top of an elevator (the two women inside survived). Some of
the wreckage fell into the street, but most either remained in the hole
or fell onto the 5th floor setback. Fourteen died...eleven office
workers and the three man crew...and there were 26 more injured.  Unlike
9/11, the building survived and was repaired for $1 million.  I guess
they don't build-em like they used to.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1940s/a/empirecrash.htm

-- Mike B.