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« on: May 06, 2012, 03:57:30 PM »

http://abcnews.go.com/International/slideshow/explosion-german-blimp-hindenburg-16265407
75th Anniversary of Hindenburg Disaster
The German blimp exploded in flames above Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937.

May 6, 2012

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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2012, 03:59:24 PM »

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/the_hindenberg_75_years_later.html
The Hindenburg 75 years later: Memories time cannot erase
By Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger
May 6, 2012

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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2012, 04:00:51 PM »

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-06/hindenburg-disaster-anniversary/54788882/1
Hindenburg 75th anniversary draws witnesses
May 6, 2012

TOMS RIVER, N.J. – Nearly 200 aviation enthusiasts and surviving witnesses gathered Saturday to commemorate the Hindenburg airship disaster on the eve of its 75th anniversary.
The fire and crash at Lakehurst on May 6, 1937, killed 36 crewmen and passengers and ended the brief period of civilian lighter-than-air travel.

The details of what happened on that overcast evening in 1937 and the mystery surrounding the cause of the explosion that destroyed the giant Zeppelin airship continue to be told by a dwindling group of survivors and eyewitnesses, and people who grew up listening to firsthand accounts from parents, grandparents and other elders about the tragedy.
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2012, 04:02:33 PM »

http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspaper/opinion/ct-per-flash-blimpside-0506-20120506,0,4778204.story
Chicago radio man's Hindenburg broadcast endures
Overcome with emotion, Herb Morrison of WLS captured the horror

May 6, 2012

The Hindenburg disaster is so well-remembered primarily because it was so well-documented.

A wire service photographer was taking pictures of the world's largest airship as it tried to moor in Lakehurst, N.J., 75 years ago. Also, a newsreel camera was rolling, capturing the dirigible as it dropped water ballast just before the explosion. But most famously, WLS radio man Herb Morrison was on the job.

His presence there wasn't a given. The Nazi-swastika marked Hindenburg had made this trans-Atlantic flight from Germany a number of times, and while it was the anniversary of the opening of the service, the reason Morrison used to persuade his bosses in Chicago to let him go was to test new equipment.

His very human reaction to the tragedy would become one of the most famous news radio broadcasts of all time: "It's burst into flames. ... Get out of the way, please; oh my, this is terrible. ... It is burning. ... This is one of the worst catastrophes in the world ... oh, the humanity!" Morrison chokes up and sounds like he is sobbing. At times, he apologizes to listeners and falls into stunned silence, only to return moments later to describe more of the scene.
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