B25 Crashes into the Empire State Building (1945)

[kpete]

SAT SEP 24, 2011 AT 01:36 AM PDT
B25 Crashes into the Empire State Building
byThis old manFollow



I was stationed in Brooklyn New York during the months of June through August 1945. On the morning of July 28th an Army Air Corps B-25 bomber slammed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Fourteen people were killed and a couple dozen, injured. I got off duty the next day and went to see the tail of the aircraft hanging from the building. I happen to mention the incident to a fellow bus passenger last month and he said I was full of crap. That it never happened. I had a few years on the guy, but not all that many. I followed up the bus conversation with a test. I ask a number of people of all ages and genders if they ever heard of the crash and only one person, an air line pilot, said he had a vague recollection of hearing about it.

I have often wondered why no one remembers this incident. It’s true that a couple of weeks after this happened, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan and WWII ended. I got off duty then to, and was in Time Square on August 15th, V-J Day, when the famous photo of the sailor kissing the nurse was taken. All but 3 test cases remembered that image.

In view of what happened on 9/11 I’m surprised at the lack of reference.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/24/1019781/-B25-Crashes-into-the-Empire-State-Building?via=siderec

When the Empire State Building emerged from the fog right ahead of his craft, Smith banked his plane and pulled back as hard as he was able, but the bomber lacked the maneuverability to dodge the large tower looming over it. At 9:49 a.m, in the middle of a desperate, climbing turn, the ten-ton B-25 slammed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-b-25-that-crashed-into-the-empire-state-building/