[Rb ver. 2.0]

Bizarre coincidence this article was published today in light of the current situation.

[Mr. Mojo]

Saw an interesting show on the History Channel a few months back about the building of the ESB.

They sure don't build 'em like they used to...

[ClearCase_guy]

Coincidence?????? I think not!! Bush is behind this! And the Jooooooos!

[newgeezer]

The workers were on the staff of the National Catholic Welfare Service, now known as Catholic Relief Services, who still keep their offices on the 79th floor.

Wow. Nice digs.

[Tijeras_Slim]

July 28, 1945. A U.S. bomber flying through thick fog at about 200 mph crashed into the Empire State Building... Eyewitnesses, aware the United States was in the midst of World War II, feared the worst.

Yep, 10 days before Hiroshima the dreaded Japanese kamikaze offensive on NYC began.

Who writes this stuff?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

The last time a plane crashed into a New York City skyscraper was July 28, 1945

ABC cannot even get this one right. The last time a plane crashed into a New York City skyscraper was September 11, 2001.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Photo by Ernie Sisto/New York Times

Too late the pilot of the U.S. Army B-25 bomber with three men aboard, saw the Empire State Building loom up before his eyes. At 300 miles per hour, he plunged through the 34th Street side of the building wreaking havoc. The major portion of the wreckage penetrated the 78th floor. An engine hurtled down an elevator shaft igniting a furious fire in the basement. Parts of the motor and landing gear tore through the entire building landing on top of a 13-story ediface across the street and igniting a second conflagration.

With legs held down by two newsmen, photographer Ernie Sisto crawled out on a harrowing ledge and took the historic photo. It ran on page one of the New York Times.

[HawaiianGecko]

Gee, and all this time I thought the last plane to hit a NYC skyscraper was United flight 175 on 9/11/01 at 9:03am.  Unless 110 stories isn't tall enough to be called a skyscraper.

 

[Uncle Hal]

I remember this crash. I was 10 at the time. It got a lot pf publicity.

[Wuli]

ABC has become the beacon of hype, slime and sleaze.

You have an actual plane crash at a building in Manhattan and low and behold ABC follows with "Empire State Building Sustained Crash" as if its a breaking story.

Those people are nuts.

[Tabi Katz]

It's also interesting that the article is dated today, October 11th, but the text heading says September 11. Kind of spooky.

[festus]

This is a spoof site. Look at the url :

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92525&page=1

abcnews.GO.COM ??

And look at the opening of the story, "Sept. 11 The last time a plane crashed into a New York City skyscraper was July 28, 1945."

Granted the date at the top of the article is 10/11/2006 but the rest is a dead giveaway........