Of course part of begin a famous building is having a history and the ESB has plenty of that in 1945 in the middle of some very thick fog an army bomber lost its way and accidentally crashed into the 79th floor, while airship would use the mast as a hitching post until people reallzed just how difficult it is to keep an airship still with lots of wind blowing around at 400 meters the ESB has also taken part in many of the world's celebrations by using its lights to express New York's best wishes: as recently as 2002, the building was red white and blue at night to mark the golden jubilee of queen Elizabeth ll of Great Britain