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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

1945 "Elevator girl" Betty Lou Oliver survives falling 75 stories after fog causes a US bomber B-25 plane to crash into the Empire State Building, breaking the cables supporting the elevator she was operating. This remains a world record for the longest survived elevator fall.

One wonders; if the British air attack on Taranto which inspired Yamamoto's attack on Pearl Harbor didn't similary affect Mr Atta with his attack on the World trade center on 9/11.... 56 years later: My grandfather was in the Empire State Building in 1945; My best college friend/dorm-mate was killed on the hundredth floor of Building one on 9/11; and an uncle escaped from building two; My sister-in-law directed the escapes from nearby building seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_World_Trade_Center which was also severly damaged from the seismic impact of collapsing buildings one and two...but attention-wise was (understandably) overlooked by the greater disaster to the two main buildings.