This Day in History: B-25 Mitchell Crashes into Empire State Building
July 28th, 2008 9:04 am
July 28, 1945 - At 9:50am in a heavy fog, a US Army North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City killing 14 and injuring 26.
Newsreel footage of the crash
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