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Posted by: | CommentsEmpire State Bldg Old Photos………..Amazing!!!!
Posted by: | CommentsAmazing pictures indeed. Here’s more about the
building, including an answer to your question:
How tall is
it?
There are several numbers to describe the height of the Empire
State Building. The total height of the building, including the lightning rod,
is 1,454 feet. The height of the building from the ground to its tip is
usually given as 1,250 feet. The measurement from the ground to the 102nd
floor observatory is 1,224 feet and from the ground to the 86th floor
observatory is 1,050 feet.
How long did it take to build?
The
building was actually completed ahead of schedule, taking only one year and 45
days to build.
How much did the Empire State Building cost to
build?
The building itself cost $24,718,000 to build (nearly half the
expected cost because of the Great Depression). Including the property on
which the building sits, the total cost for the Empire State Building was
$40,948,900.
How many floors are in the Empire State
Building?
There are 102 floors.
Who many steps are there to
the top of the Empire State Building?
There are 1,860 from street level
to 102nd floor.
How many windows are in the building?
There
are 6,500 windows. What a lot to clean!
How many man-hours did it
take to construct?
It took 7,000,000 man-hours.
How many
people worked on the building?
At peak times, there were as many as
3,400 workers at one time.
How much steel did it take to construct
the frame?
It took 57,000 tons of steel to construct the steel
skeleton.
How much telephone wire is in the Empire State
Building?
There is approximately 17 million feet of telephone wire
servicing the building.
How many people died while building the Empire State
Building?
Though rumors of hundreds of people dying on the work site
circulated during the time of its construction, official records state that
only five workers were killed: one worker was struck by a truck; a second fell
down an elevator shaft; a third was hit by a hoist; a fourth was in a blast
area; and a fifth fell off a scaffold.
Just Stay
Posted by: | CommentsJust Stay
A nurse took the tired, anxious
serviceman to the bedside.
“Your son is here,” she said to the old
man.
She had to repeat the words several times
before the patient’s eyes opened.
Heavily sedated
because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly
saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside
the oxygen tent.
He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers
around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a
message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought
a chair so that the Marine could sit beside
the bed. All through the night the young Marine sat there
in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man’s
hand and offering him words
of love and strength. Occasionally,
the nurse suggested that the Marine move
away and rest awhile.
He refused. Whenever the nurse came
into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her
and of the night noises of the hospital – the
clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the
night staff members exchanging greetings, the
cries and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she
heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man
said nothing, only held tightly to his son all
through the night.
Along towards
dawn, the old man died. The Marine released
the now lifeless hand he had been holding and
went to tell the nurse. While she did what she
had to do, he waited.
Finally, she
returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but
the Marine interrupted her.
“Who was
that man?” he asked.
The nurse was startled, “He
was your father,” she answered.
“No, he wasn’t,” the
Marine replied. “I never saw him before in
my life.”
“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to
him?”
“I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son,
and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.”
I came here tonight to find a Mr. William Grey.
His Son was killed in Iraq today, and I was sent to inform
him. What was this Gentleman’s Name?
The Nurse with Tears in Her Eyes Answered, Mr. William Grey………….
The next time
someone needs you … just be there. Stay.
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WE ARE NOT
HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A
TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
GOD IS SO GOOD.
