| Bank of America Plaza | |
| Alternate Names: | 101 Kennedy Boulevard |
| Former Names: | Barnett Plaza |
| Location: | 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 27.9466°N -82.4593°W |
| Completion Date: | 1986 |
| Building Type: | Commercial offices |
| Roof: | 175.87m (577feet) |
| Floor Count: | 42 |
| Floor Area: | 20000square feetper floor, 783,930 rsf total |
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 175.87m (577feet), 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.[1] The structure contains around 20000square feet of rentable space per typical floor[2] with a total of 783930square feet of rentable space.[3]
See main article: 2002 Tampa plane crash. 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.[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.[6]