The Empire State Building on This Day in History

This day in history: The Empire State Building was dedicated on this day in 1931. At the time, it was the world's tallest building, and that record stood until the World Trade Center was completed. It was also the first building to exceed 100 floors. In 89 years it has had quite a history. In 1945 a bomber plane crased into it while flying through thick fog. The building opened back up for business 2 days later. On January 24, 2000, an elevator in the building suddenly dropped 40 stories after a cable was severed. Both occupants survived. The Empire State Building has had 30 suicide attempts, the first one being before the building was even finished, on April 7, 1931. One woman in 1979
jumped off the 86th floor only to have a gust of wind blow her back on to the building. The building has its own zip code (10001) and it has a secret 103rd floor.