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THE HINDENBURG DISASTER: `THE FIRST MEDIA EVENT'
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-05-2002
THE HINDENBURG DISASTER: `THE FIRST MEDIA EVENT' -- AIRSHIP CRASH SHOOK THE
WORLD, STILL A MYSTERY
By RICHARD COWEN, Staff Writer
Date: 05-05-2002, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
The German engineering marvel, the Hindenburg, crashed in flames in
Lakehurst more than 60 years ago, but repercussions from a recent
disaster, the terrorist destruction of the World Tr...
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; 00-00-0000 On Hindenburg disaster details Date: 05-26-2002, Sunday Section: OPINION Edtion: All EditionsSunday Column: YOUR VIEWS The Hindenburg disaster: 'The first media event' (Page L-1, May 5) states that the cause of the disaster is still a mystery. Not true. PBS had a program on the
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