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Empire State Building Plane Crash

On July 28, 1945, a plane headed for LaGuardia Airport got lost in the dense morning fog of New York City. Air traffic control instructed the plane to land in Newark instead. The low-flying plane narrowly avoided the Chrysler builder—instead, it crashed into the Empire State Building, killing 11 people.

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