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.

[3] 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.

A suicide note found in the wreckage expressed support for Osama bin Laden.

[4] Bishop had been taking prescription medicine for acne called Accutane that may have had the side effect of depression or severe psychosis.

[5] 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.

Bank of America Plaza on a foggy day (December 2020).
Bank of America Plaza on a foggy day (center building). (December 2020).