{"id":17452,"date":"2012-05-06T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=17452"},"modified":"2012-05-06T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T21:55:59","slug":"75-years-since-the-hindenburg-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/05\/75-years-since-the-hindenburg-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"75 years since the Hindenburg disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have mentioned several times that I enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/blimp\">blimps<\/a> and used to spend some time in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/lakehurst\">Lakehurst, N.J.<\/a> area. On this day, 75 years ago, the Hindenberg exploded and crashed there at what is now Lakehurst JFB. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/03\/lakehurst-has-a-blimp-again.html\">Hanger 1,<\/a> which would have housed the Hindenberg during its stay, is still an active airship hanger.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nARTICLES<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com\/viewart\/20120505\/NJNEWS\/120505006\/Hindenburg-75th-anniversary-gathers-last-witnesses-airship?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage\">Hindenburg 75th anniversary gathers last witnesses to the airship<\/a> &#8211; <em>Asbury Park Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2012\/05\/the_hindenberg_75_years_later.html\">The Hindenburg 75 years later: Memories time cannot erase<\/a> &#8211; <em>Star-Ledger<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/site\/newspaper\/opinion\/ct-per-flash-blimpside-0506-20120506,0,4778204.story\">Chicago radio man&#8217;s Hindenburg broadcast endures<\/a> &#8211; <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/learning\/general\/onthisday\/big\/0506.html\">May 7, 1937 coverage<\/a> from <em>The Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F54rqDh2mWA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have mentioned several times that I enjoy blimps and used to spend some time in Lakehurst, N.J. area. 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