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‘Hold My Legs’: How Ernie Sisto Shot a Sky-High Disaster

25 Sep 2026, 12:06 GMT By Anika Burgess
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Article ‘Hold My Legs’: How Ernie Sisto Shot a Sky-High Disaster
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When a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945, a Times photographer leaned far out to get close up.