B-25 bomber slams into Empire State Building — 14 dead in fiery crash 80 years ago this hour (July 28 1945)


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(Saturday, July 28, 1945, 9:49 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — A twin-engine B-25 U.S. Army bomber, lost in a blinding fog, crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building this morning, killing 14 people including the three occupants of the plane and 11 persons in the building.


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