Bank Of America Plaza (Tampa)
The Bank of America Plaza is a 42-story skyscraper located in Downtown Tampa, in the U.S. state of Florida, and was completed in 1986. At 175.87 m (577.0 ft), it surpassed One Tampa City Center as the tallest building in Tampa, until completion of 100 North Tampa in 1992. The structure was originally known as Barnett Plaza. The structure contains around 20,000 square feet (1,900 m) of rentable space per typical floor with a total of 783,930 square feet (72,829 m) of rentable space.
Plane incident
On January 5, 2002, just four months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a 15-year-old amateur pilot, Charles Bishop, stole a Cessna plane and flew it into the Bank of America building. While it killed him, there were no other injuries (because the crash was on a Saturday, when few people were in the building). A suicide note found in the wreckage expressed support for Osama bin Laden. Bishop had been taking prescription medicine for acne called Accutane that may have had the side effect of depression or severe psychosis. His family later sued Hoffman-La Roche, the company that makes Accutane, for $70 million; however, an autopsy found no traces of the drug in the teenager's system.
See also
References
- ^ Bank of America Plaza (Tampa) :: 101 East Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida, United States :: Glass Steel and Stone
- ^ Bank of America Plaza, Tampa
- ^ "Bank of America Plaza Located in Tampa, Florida". Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
- ^ 'Police: Tampa pilot voiced support for bin Laden' Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, CNN US, January 7, 2002
- ^ Michael Fumento on Accutane & Charles Bishop on National Review Online Archived August 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Elaine Silvestrini, 'Family Of Suicidal Pilot Drops Accutane Lawsuit', The Tampa Tribune, June 27, 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
External links
- Bank of America Plaza (Emporis)
