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Aftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945 (i.redd.it)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

A bit more on Betty and the incident:

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/how-an-elevator-attendant-survived-a-1-000-ft-fall-down-the-empire-state-building-759670

Tldr; she lived till 74 and had a family and children, so it looks like it all worked out after nearly dying two or three times from the crash/burn/elevator crash.

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