Decades before 9/11, New York City was the scene of a similar disaster when an American Second World War bomber slammed into the Empire State Building in thick fog. The accident cost 14 lives, injured dozens more, and made headlines around the world.
But what was an aircraft of this type doing flying over Manhattan in the first place, and how did the city respond? Click through and revisit an eerily prescient catastrophe that shocked New Yorkers to the core.