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A Plane Crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945?!

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September 22, 2022 3:03 am

A Plane Crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945?!

Our American Stories / Lee Habeeb

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September 22, 2022 3:03 am

On this episode of Our American Stories, in July of 1945, a U.S. B-25 Mitchell got lost in heavy fog over Manhattan. Here’s The History Guy remembering the B-25 Empire State Building Crash.

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Her next story comes to us from a man who simply known as the history God's videos are watched by hundreds of thousands of people all agents on you to ensure you guys is also heard here. Our American story. In July 1945. USB 25 Mitchell got lost in heavy fog over men use the history guy remembering be 25 Empire State building five represented the nation. Germany had surrendered in the in the Pacific. Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that the Philippines had been liberated in the New Mexico United States tested the bomb put an end to the war there was plenty of reason in July 1945 for New Yorkers look forward. Peach their piece was shattered for spectacular accident involving the United States Army Air Force plane and the tallest building in the world. Saturday, July 18, 1945, United States Army air forces be 25 Mitchell 20 from Bedford Army airfield Massachusetts to New Jersey's Newark airport controls the planes of tenant Col. William Smith 27-year-old Smith was expensed pilot more than 30 mission combat hours going to be 17 bombers over Europe during the war to be 25 was a twin engine while smaller than the B-17s at Smith and from your displaying using callsign 577 and nicknamed old John for merchant converted to five VIP Smith a pilot the plane from Sioux Falls Army air base in South Dakota and was scheduled to pick up his committing officer in Newark back to Sioux Falls was accompanied by 30-year-old Army Air Force staff Sgt. Christopher to meet a 19-year-old machinist mate Albert Perna was hitching a ride to Massachusetts to see his family in Brooklyn is a plane approach New York City rented a heavy fall. Smith requested permission to land New York's municipal Airport to LaGuardia Field was the visibility was too low.

Told to go on to Newark recording aircraft control signed off with a warning about visibility in the fall.

At the present time, the controller said cannot see the top of the Empire State building work turned out to be hunting the cryptic Smith responded. Thank you very much. It's not exactly clear what happened next is likely that mistook the East River for the Hudson. That was a fatal mistake heavy turn left as he came by the Chrysler building.

He would've been safe but disoriented. Turn right taking his plane straight of the island of Manhattan air traffic control advisories for about 1500 feet from the city currently disoriented and thing himself with the city's drop to 500 feet was on approach to Newark. Perhaps try to get a view of the ground to orient himself. Suddenly the fog just enough to realize that he was fine in the middle of skyscrapers stand moment accelerator sports announcer was driving to work when he heard the planes and as he looked up, he recalled. He yelled full Ms. car window at 200 mph the plane was on a collision course for the 850 foot RCA built 30 Rockefeller Center Master. The turn took on a collision course with the tallest building hundred to Store Empire State Ct., Cooper big league pitcher encompassing most Col. went to World Series witness, across from the 16th floor of the hotel, he said. I heard the roar of the plane between me and the RCA built suddenly flashed across my mind that was flying very well and that we hit the Empire State building, the streets of downtown were relatively empty on a foggy Saturday, but there were some witnesses along Fifth Avenue and 34th St. heard the roofing engines describe the plane climbing steeply. William VP of public relations firm in the town building at 10 E. 40th St., was quoted in the Pennsylvania Times Tribune. The plane went past my window at eye level just above this office is on the 38th floor, the engine was probably going to try to get Smith was try to climb out of the city. It was too late. At 9:40 AM old John feather merchant drawing some 200 miles an hour the 34th St. façade of the Empire State building at an altitude of 913 feet to the 78th and 79th floors Albert Fuller at the B open department store across the street told the New York Times that the letter to the clerk and he said that strange and I thought it could be an earthquake very wise, from the 63rd floor of the Empire State building said there were two terrific explosions.

The whole building shook and looking out the window facing down because he flaming debris falling down Daniel Norton on the 18th floor was thrown out of his chair of the glass for windows were blown out of his office. €24 bookkeeper lead branch was on the 72nd everything shook we ran to the window looked down suckling Lois looked up and saw flames above us (1270 flights of stairs in the plane wreck the whole 18' x 20' in the limestone building the Knoxville Journal Knoxville, Tennessee reported that so tremendous was the explosion ripped with the fog which will stories of the skyscraper and for two minutes. The pinnacle Empire State sharp and clear the drizzle or intraplate around mini New Yorker was an enemy attack his wife Scott said Stephanie office for the name for the German P1 rocketed to England during the blitz. Other side may been a Japanese bobble wanted to kill the Sunday school teacher five children in Oregon the previous minute instructional part that the wings were torn off one engine chapter the building letting on the roof of the building on 33rd St. and start a fire that destroyed a penthouse art studio, the second engine parts of the landing gear without an elevator shaft were found in the basement the body of Albert. Young McCormick was also down the shaft wasn't found until two days after the accident had been headed to Brooklyn to consult his family were the death of his brother killed in combat, planes, fuel tanks ruptured exploded, sending a sheet of flame into the building.

It was lucky it was a Saturday, but it would be much more crowded. On a normal day as many as 5500 people worked in the building that Saturday about 1500 without to be in the building the offices with my instructor occupied by the war with the services of a national Catholic welfare Council, both Catholic organizations dedicated to helping European refugees. The ongoing war, some 20 people working in the offices that Saturday April war refugees throughout the world.

Several of those were killed instantly by plaintiffs, others crowded in the room because get the flames and smoke one of those was Teresa willing told the New York Times.

I don't think any of us had any idea what happened, who thought a plane rather than the room with other chemical relief employees that she was not going to make it.

She took off her ring so high school graduation rate in a friendship ring from her boyfriend window. She said I thought I will be around to have someone else might as well have one of the workers a man named Paul Dearing jumped to escape the fire and was killed 20-year-old Betty Lou Oliver was the elevator operator of elevator number six. She was on the 80th floor when the plane struck the crash cost to be thrown across the building suffered from severe burns to office workers render first aid on an elevator be taken to the ground floor when indolence was weighted parts of the plane hit the elevator shaft and picture off cables when Betty was placed inside the elevator on the stretcher. The cable snapped with the sound of shock. Betty plummeted 75 stories, 17-year-old Donald Maloney was a costar hospital apprentice second-class was on 34th St. wings on the plane crash rushed into a nearby pharmacy told him he needed first-aid supplies to go out. The pharmacy given bandages burn ointment sterile water in the dozens rent working as he ran and someone shouted they needed help. The building's subbasement.

Maloney was small, so give it easier to the root elevator shaft were a girl was screaming. It was Betty Lou Oliver miraculously after falling more than 70 stories. She was still alive building is leading was softened by the huge cause of people are piled up in the spring. Some experts speculate that the rapid the Santa Monica air pressure developed under the shaft of the elevator.

The rest of the elevator was room full of steel shards of broken concrete about the court that help Oliver to give her some morphine for the pain put burn ointment on her face and still bandages on the burns per fall. Some 1000 feet still according to the Guinness Book of World Records holds a record for the longest surviving elevator fall to her own surprise Teresa Fortier willing survive when firemen rested. She and her friends from the room.

She said she was just happy to be alive to suspect she'd ever see her rinse again. They were discovered by rescue workers returned to her. She ended up marrying the man given her the friendship ring Betty Lou Oliver before 75 story plummeted only been scheduled to work in the Empire State building another three days. It took her eight months to recover from her injuries. She moved to Arkansas with her husband and three kids, seven grandkids passed away in 1999 the age of 74, and a special thanks to Greg Hendler on the production and storytelling in a special thanks for the history God. If you want more stories of forgotten history prescribed to his YouTube channel. The history guy history deserves to be remembered in my goodness, this story deserves to be remembered. Many feared an enemy attack.

When this happened, and soon found out that it was an accident. The story of the Empire State building B 25 credit here on our American store just around the corner and all material family-friendly modern outside and enjoy conversation overhaul the offense help to make your home phone number is not fabulous Ashley.com attention.

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