Junior Science Refresher this is science magazine in india published this article page no 60 september 11 2001 was not the first time an airplane crashed into a skyscraper. actually such tragedies are more common than is thought. on july 28 1945 for instance a u.s. army b-25 bomber traveling at 200 miles (c. 370 kilometers) per hour in heavy fog crashed into the empire state building in new york city. luckily it was a saturday though dozens were injured and 14 killed. people thought the city was being bombed doris pope boynton beach fla. told the palm beach post in 1999 we heard this terrible noise and the building started to shake. … as we looked out our third-floor window we saw debris fall on to the street. we immediately thought new york was being bombed. another eyewitness helen j. hurwitt from greenacres fla. told the post i heard a horrendous noise. my husband and i were in a building directly opposite the empire state building. … large plate-glass windows looked out onto 34th street. the floor we were on was pretty high. at some point we heard a horrendous noise and rushed to the windows. … we were horrified to see a b-25 half in and half out of the empire state building. the building shuddered realigned itself and settled. probably instantly although several witnesses said there seemed to be a moments interval came the explosion and the top of the fog-shrouded empire state building was briefly seen in a bright orange glow. high-octane airplane fuel spewed out of the ruptured tanks and sprayed the building…the heat was so intense that partition frames within offices disappeared and the shattered glass from windows and lamp fixtures melted and fused into stalactites juniorscience refresher magazine subscription.
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