Excerpt from
THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE
SURVIVORS
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
One of my favorite things about Manhattan is the Empire State Building. When I was a kid, I saw that movie An Affair to Remember with my mom. She loved when Deborah Kerr was running for the building, and her character, Terry, said, “Oh, it’s nobody’s fault but my own! I was looking up … it was the nearest thing to heaven! You were there …” My mom cried.
She never got to see the Empire State Building, which, for our purposes, is hit an average of 25 times a year!
Once used as a lightning laboratory, it’s not where you want to be during a thunderstorm.
On another personal note, I’ve been to the top. If you’re ever in New York, and the line isn’t too long, you should take in the view.