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A B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash, impacting the 79th floor killed the three crewmen and eleven people in the building and injured twenty-four others including Elevator operator Lou Oliver who plunged 75 stories in the elevator to the basement. She was injured but survived. The damage caused by the crash was estimated at US$1 million (equivalent to about $17 million in 2024), but the building's structural integrity was not compromised. More