stf, The Associated PressA fireman stands beside a twisted girder as he examines the gaping holes in the north side of the Empire State Building, on the 79th floor, evidence of the terrific impact with which a B-25 Army bomber crashed into the structure in New York, July 28, 1945.
stf, The Associated PressWreckage from an army B-25 bomber accident sits on 34th Street, July 28, 1945. The bomber, which was headed for Newark Airport, struck one of the upper floors of the Empire State Building.
The Associated PressFiremen and other investigators look at the damage done in an office on the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building by a B-25 bomber, July 28, 1945.
The Associated PressOne of the people injured on the seventy-ninth floor of the Empire State building after a B-25 bomber crashed into the building is helped by New York City firemen on July 28, 1945.
The Associated PressThis hole in the Empire State building between the 78th and 79th floor is where an Army B-25 bomber crashed into the north wall on July 28, 1945 in New York.
The Associated PressSmoke billows from the Empire State Building in New York, July 28, 1945, after an Army B-25 bomber enroute to Newark Airport crashed into the upper floors of the structure. Fires were started on the upper eleven floors of the building.
The Associated PressThis was this scene after an Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 78th and 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945 in New York.
stf, The Associated PressThe Empire State Building can be viewed through a hole in the roof of a penthouse on 33rd street, New York, in this July 28, 1945 photo. Debris from an army B-25 bomber which crashed into the Empire State Building caused the hole in the roof along with a fire to the penthouse.
stf, The Associated PressA workman and a reporter examine wreckage on the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945 after a B-25 Bomber crashed into the north wall.
stf, The Associated PressA wheel of the Army B-25 bomber which crashed into the upper part of the Empire State building on New York, July 28, 1945 is lodged in the elevator shaft. This is a view made from the 79th floor, looking through the shaft down to the floor below, where a fireman looks through the debris.
AP PhotoA military policeman, left, guards the wreckage of a B-25 Bomber after the low-flying plane crashed through the north wall of the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City, July 28, 1945. Other officials and workmen are seen in the background.
stf, The Associated PressWorkmen rig scaffolding on the south side of the 78th floor of the Empire State building, New York, N.Y., July 30, 1945, after an army B-25 bomber crashed into the structure. The bomber, which crashed into the north side of the building, lost one of its motors during the impact causing it to exit through the south side of the skyscraper.
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A fireman stands beside a twisted girder as he examines the gaping holes in the north side of the Empire State Building, on the 79th floor, evidence of the terrific impact with which a B-25 Army bomber crashed into the structure in New York, July 28, 1945.
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An Army B-25 bomber crashed into the north wall of the Empire State building on July 28, 1945 in New York. The accident, caused by heavy fog, killed 14 people, 3 on the plane and 11 in the building.