When a Plane Crashed the Empire State Building into Office of Forerunner to USCCB

When a Plane Crashed the Empire State Building into Office of Forerunner to USCCB

ByPatti Maguire Armstrong

On a hazy morning on Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B‐25 bomber lost in the fog, crashed into the Empire State Building at the 79th floor, killing 14 people. It went right into the National Catholic Welfare Conference office which years later would become the United States Catholic  Conference of Bishops, (USCCB).  During the rescue mission,…