As a dedicated fan of Stanley Aronson’s weekly columns about the history of medicine as well as his first day of the month columns, I read with great interest every word that he writes. Then at my sister’s request I forward the columns to her. She is a doctor who lives in California. After reading the May 1 column. (‘’May: An imperial skyscraper”) I am compelled to point out that it was a twin-engine B-25, not a four-engine B-24, that hit the Empire State Building in 1945.

I was a sub-teen living in the New York City suburb of Great Neck at the time. That day, when the letter carrier delivered the morning mail, he told me about the accident. Armed with binoculars, my sister and I promptly walked to the top of the adjacent Baker Hill Farm (yes, there were farms in Great Neck at that time) but the view of the New York skyline was still blocked by the fog that had caused the accident. I am certain that the much larger B-24 would have caused considerably more damage than was experienced.

ED CHRISTIANSEN

Newport

Editor’s note: Dr. Aronson thanks Mr. Christiansen for his correction.