The View from the 79th Floor

Radio Diaries : #26: The View from the 79th Floor Image
Radio Diaries : #26: The View from the 79th Floor Image

The View from the 79th Floor

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On July 28, 1945 an Army bomber pilot on a routine ferry mission found himself lost in the fog over Manhattan. A dictation machine in a nearby office happened to capture the sound of the plane as it hit the Empire State Building at the 79th floor. Find out what happened next in this episode of the Radio Diaries Podcast.