Alot of interesting things have happened to the empire state building. Here are some of them.
PLANE CRASH
Alot of people probebly dont know that a plane crashed into the west face of the building in 1945.14 people died and the total damadge was about $1 000 000 or $13 000 000 in todays terms.
SUICIDES
All up over 30 people have commited suicide off the empire state building. One of the first ones was before it was completed by a worker because he was fired. The fence around the observation deck was put there after 5 people tried to jump off it in 3 weeks.
SHOOTINGS
There has been 2 shootings there. The first one a man killed 7 people in the observatoion deck shooting 7 people and killing one but he faitally wounded himself.
The other that happened in 2012 a man shot his ex co-worker for fireing him. 2 police officers arrived and the man pointed his gun at them. The 2 police shot the man, killing him but the wounded 9 bystanders. 3 of them took direct bullets while the others were hit by fragmates.
The empire state building is the 14 highest buildin but was the tallest for about 41years.