84 years ago Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped on March 1, 1932 from the bedroom of his parents house near Hopewell, New Jersey around 9:00 pm. The child was noticed missing around 10:00 pm. Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator, and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh as well as the nursery maid began to search the house grounds for the 20 month baby. In this they found a ransom note on the nursery window sill asking for $50,000.…
Men who had tried to escape before had drowned swimming in the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay. Frank Morris was not going to be one of those men. A raft was discovered on nearby Angle Island (page 9). This proves that instead of swimming he and the Anglin brothers used a raft to escape.…
It is estimated that 800,000 children go missing per year. That's more than 2,000 children per day. On Christmas Eve 1945, five children went missing. The youngest child being five and the oldest being fourteen. Many people argue that the five children didn’t go missing, but that they died in a house fire that same night. But there are many reasons that no one can say for certain if they did or did not die. The five Sodder childrens case was one of the most mysterious cases ever.…
The first of March, 1932, 9:00p.m. infant child Charles Lindbergh Jr was taken away from his nursery (“Lindbergh Kidnapping.”). Charles Jr., son of Charles A. Lindbergh, a historical aviator, was alive for twenty months, until he was found dead by an assistant, William Allen (“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping.”). Amidst their search and rescue (before the infant’s demise was known), the Lindberghs were visited by Americans from all over that came and assisted in their time of desperation. The Lindbergh baby kidnapping not only influenced the Lindberghs, but also brought out sympathy that was thought to be missing in America at the time.…
My Journal Entries of Survival on Jewquagh Island This Journal Belongs to Max Young Day 1 I woke up to the sound of the pilot yelling in panic. That’s all I could remember. I was stranded somewhere on an island with not a human to be seen. I was the only survivor on the plane.…
Number Five: Noreen Reiner. In 1984, a woman by the name of Jessica Herbert approached Miss Noreen Reiner, desperate to try anything to find out what had happened to her brother after his plane crashed. Police searched for the site of the crash, and any survivors, but had…
On July 5, 1884, four sailors were cast away from their ship in a storm 1,600 miles from the Cape of Good Hope. Their lifeboat contained neither water nor much food. On the 20th day of their ordeal, Dudley and Stevens, without the assistance or agreement of Brooks, cut the throat of the fourth sailor, a 17- or 18-year-old boy. They had not eaten since day 12. Water had been available only occasionally. At the time of the death, the men were probably about 1,000 miles from land. Prior to his death, the boy was lying helplessly in the bottom of the boat. The three surviving sailors ate the boy’s remains for four days, at which point they were rescued by a passing boat. They were in a seriously weakened condition.…
Thesis: LOTF and the platoon both portray the physiological breakdown in man bringing forth the inner savagery within all man through the characters similar behavior, as well as symbolism.…
Sometimes even the most famous and gifted people on earth are caught in their own predicament. Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr. born February 4, 1902, became the first aviator to fly across the waves of the Atlantic ocean. However, on Tuesday, March 1st even the most famous man on earth was shaken. When Charles Lindbergh's son Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped, the entire country became terrorized by the event. The baby was found days later, dead, in the wood, which turned the possible kidnapping into a murder case. However, with no evidence or leads, the mystery remains unsolved to this day. As detectives continue to investigate, they all arrive at one conclusion, the kidnapping had to be committed by a person in Lindbergh household. By examining…
crew members were rescued on August 30, 1916. More than 2 years after they had set…
The USCG immediately dispatched the Cutter Valiant, a Coast Guard vessel, to begin search and rescue operations. By noon all 26 crew members of the Mimosa had been found, but only 6 of the…
Their story starts three months ago, June 16th. During the height of the war, with the threat of an atomic bomb prevalent, the British were moving their young to boarding schools outside of the area under threat. While in flight, their plane was shot down leaving these boys stranded on a deserted island for over 2 months.…
One of the most famous oceanic disappearance is that of the Mary Celeste. Now at this point you may think that this does not seem like anything special, however it is not the actual boat that disappeared but in fact just its’ crew. On December 5th, 1872, The Mary Celeste was found adrift at sea(The events leading up to the mystery. (n.d.).…
-Times and places are used to make the article appear more reliable and be more informative for the reader. The fact that the crash occurred in the sea off Antarctica indicates to the reader that they were in a barren and, of course, cold place. This makes their lack of preparation and rescue plane appear even more irresponsible as the environment is so hostile and people have died because of it.…
On 3rd July somewhere about 1500 miles off the coast of Africa a big tragedy happened they have encountered strong winds and high seas which overpowered their boat and sank it. The four men had enough time to gather other supplies and jump into a safe boat to survive the storm. That is the beginning of the scariest tragedy because they didn’t gather the most important thing that is water, and there is no more food left on the 19th day. Then the captain…