TIL in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building between the 78th & 80th floors, which killed 14 people and injured 26 others. Although on a normal workday, as many as 15,000 people worked in the skyscraper, but the crash happened to occur on a Saturday with only 1,500 present.

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-b-25-empire-state-building-cras…
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