Philip Mongone News Today

Print On May 6, 1937 an errant spark turned the hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg into a fireball and sent it crashing to the ground, killing 36 people. News cameras filmed the fiery crash and live radio coverage and front-page eyewitness reports like the account here led to the demise of the the commercial airship industry. From The San Diego Union, May 7, 1937: 34 DIE, 63 SAVED AS BLAST DESTROYS ZEP HINDENBURG Happy shouts Turn To Shrieks of Dying Men and Women Advertisement Eyewitnesses and...