|
1
|
Number
of unguarded entry points into the Empire State Building
(As of May 1, 2002) |
|
3
|
Number
of times a Columbia student entered the building with
a concealed knife this month |
|
0
|
Number
of times security guards stopped her |
|
2
|
Number
of people killed in a 1997 suicide-shooting on the building's
observation deck |
|
1500°
F
|
Temperature
that skyscraper fires can reach |
|
20
|
Average
number of times the Empire State Building is struck by
lightning each year |
|
1
|
Number
of times a plane crashed into the building |
|
73
|
Number
of elevators in the Empire State Building |
|
1
|
Approximate
number of hours it takes to evacuate the building |
|
48
|
Number
of people killed in major U.S. skyscraper fires, 1970-2000 |
|
8
|
Number
of fire deaths in American high-rise office buildings,
1950-1973 |
|
1973
|
Year
New York City began requiring sprinklers in buildings
over 100 feet high |
|
Compiled by Franziska Bruner
Source: New York Times, Washington Post,
San Francisco Chronicle
NYC24.com research
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