The Empire State Building Crash and the Elevator Survivor
The Unlit Room · Sep 23, 2026 · 9:17
The Unlit Room · Sep 23, 2026 · 9:17
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The Empire State Building Crash and the Elevator Survivor
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Sources: https://dam.clarionengage.com/content/dam/fe/online-articles/documents/2015/FE194510EmpireStatePlane.pdf; https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2019/10/18/the-empire-state-plane-crash-july-28-1945; https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/how-an-elevator-attendant-survived-a-1-000-ft-fall-down-the-empire-state-building-759670; https://apnews.com/article/468a5f8f2fc17d37ea959c9e8453e94b; https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/august/coast-guardsmans-heroism-empire-state-building; https://www.history.com/articles/10-surprising-facts-about-the-empire-state-building
Visual credits: - "Alexandria Center and Empire State Building, New York City, 20231001 1100 0997.jpg" by Jakub Hałun; CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandria Center and Empire State Building, New York City, 20231001 1100 0997.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "After Army bomber rammed Empire State Building (1945 INP press photo).jpg" by International News Photo; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:After Army bomber rammed Empire State Building (1945 INP press photo).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "New York - New York City - NARA - 68145636 ed.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New York - New York City - NARA - 68145636 ed.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Empire-State-Building-New-York-City-September-2014.jpg" by Acediscovery; CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empire-State-Building-New-York-City-September-2014.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Empire State Building plane crash wreckage 1945.jpg" by Acme Newspictures; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empire State Building plane crash wreckage 1945.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "New York - New York City - NARA - 68145840 (page 1).jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New York - New York City - NARA - 68145840 (page 1).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.
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Production disclosure: AI-generated narration; research and editorial review use multiple public sources.
