Empire State Building's Secrets

The builders of the Empire State Building were determined to make it the tallest building in the world in 1931 and not the Chrysler Building, even going so far as to add a 222-foot (68 m) mooring mast on top of it for zeppelins to dock. In 1945, an airplane crashed into the building, causing significant damage, including severing the cables of an elevator. Despite falling over 70 stories, the woman inside the elevator survived and holds the world record for the longest-survived elevator fall. Interestingly, the Empire State Building's observation deck generates more revenue than all the commercial tenants in the remaining 101 floors combined.