July 28, 2009 FEMA Emergency Management Higher …

Ahead was the giant Empire State Building, towering to 1,250 ft (380m), the top third of which was shrouded by fog, with an overcast of approximately 800 ft (250m). Pulling up just before impact, the aircraft was in a near-vertical attitude when it struck the skyscraper at its 79th Floor, some 900 ft (275m) above 34th Street.” (Gero 1999, 34.) ................
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