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The Plane That Flew Into the Empire State Building

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The Empire State Building

i'm artha weingarten. I wrote the book the sky is falling about the b 25 bomber that crashed into the empire state building. The pilot of the plane was captain william franklin smith, a highly decorated pilot. It was very foggy in new york this morning when an army b 25 twin engine bomber passed over leguadia field and asked for a weather report. We couldn't really see the ground the 70 ninth floor and it was so foggy outside. "It was just like peace soup is like a london fog"

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