The 1945 crash of a B-25 bomber into the Empire State Building was an accident caused by heavy fog, resulting in 14 deaths but leaving the building structurally intact due to its steel-frame construction. In contrast, the 9/11 attacks involved Boeing 767s, which, despite the Twin Towers being designed to withstand the impact of a 707, sliced through the buildings with little resistance, leading to total collapse. Given that the towers were engineered to handle such an impact, the way the planes

607K views · 466 reactions | On July 28, 1945, an American B-25...