Why Did The Hindenburg Crash
..1.“Hindenburg Disaster Unsolved Mystery,” The Telegraph, May 7, 1937, 1 and 6, available at https://news.google.com/newspapers, accessed November 12, 2017.
…..On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, a zeppelin that made trips to and from Germany, crashed …..while attempting to land at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Luckily, only 29 …..of the 97 people aboard were killed or declared missing following the wreck, as well as one …..unlucky spectator. Many of the survivors were injured from either the blaze or from the 200 …..foot leap of faith they took. Nobody was sure what had caused the Hindenburg to crash. A …..man by the name of Dr. Hans Luther, who served as the German ambassador at the time, …..had three theories for what had started ignited the airship. The first of which related the …..release of hydrogen gas from the zeppelin to the existing hydrogen in the air, which together …..could’ve possibly primed it to combust. The second theory questioned if the water released …..may have acted as a medium for a electric spark to ignite it. His final theory simply claims …..that someone aboard was responsible, but he doesn’t think someone would’ve done that by …show more content…
This girl, named Becky, had a very limited …..vocabulary, lacked physical, social, and mental growth, and could not walk or even crawl. …..Becky had not consumed healthy foods, nor probably enough food, during her captivity, …..which is evident in her frail, small frame. When she was found, she had only weighted 24 …..pounds and stood under three feet tall. Her new foster mother is trying to help her assume a …..normal life by teaching her new words and skills that most nine-year-olds would have. Since …..then, she has learned to walk, been toilet trained, and enrolled in a school, among other
…..On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, a zeppelin that made trips to and from Germany, crashed …..while attempting to land at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Luckily, only 29 …..of the 97 people aboard were killed or declared missing following the wreck, as well as one …..unlucky spectator. Many of the survivors were injured from either the blaze or from the 200 …..foot leap of faith they took. Nobody was sure what had caused the Hindenburg to crash. A …..man by the name of Dr. Hans Luther, who served as the German ambassador at the time, …..had three theories for what had started ignited the airship. The first of which related the …..release of hydrogen gas from the zeppelin to the existing hydrogen in the air, which together …..could’ve possibly primed it to combust. The second theory questioned if the water released …..may have acted as a medium for a electric spark to ignite it. His final theory simply claims …..that someone aboard was responsible, but he doesn’t think someone would’ve done that by …show more content…
This girl, named Becky, had a very limited …..vocabulary, lacked physical, social, and mental growth, and could not walk or even crawl. …..Becky had not consumed healthy foods, nor probably enough food, during her captivity, …..which is evident in her frail, small frame. When she was found, she had only weighted 24 …..pounds and stood under three feet tall. Her new foster mother is trying to help her assume a …..normal life by teaching her new words and skills that most nine-year-olds would have. Since …..then, she has learned to walk, been toilet trained, and enrolled in a school, among other