If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say that, then I would be a man with way more nickels than I could count.

Oh, and yeah, it's not true.  Ish.

I was in my high school senior English class.  The night before I had watched a documentary on the Empire State Building (yes, instead of my English homework).  During the documentary, I learned that a plane had crashed into the Empire State Building while it was being constructed.