Personal memories of a horrendous accident back in 1960 ;
By: Stepwilk - 17th December 2010 at 22:10
This is an ongoing series in the NYTimes. I believe they’ve run three installments with a fourth scheduled for tomorrow (Friday).
By: J Boyle - 17th December 2010 at 21:45
When I was a teenager I recall reading a book on avaition safety and it had a chapter on that crash. I clearly remember the way it spoke about the lone survivor, Stephen Blatz, an 11 year old boy who died the next day.
For some reason, I never forgot about him and the touching memorial to him at the hospital chapel where he was taken.
The NYT has a feature on him here:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/park-slope-plane-crash-a-little-brother-remembers/#more-254985
He sounds like a typical American boy in the 50s.
A few months ago, I stumbled across an article about the crash on wiki and wondered if the New York papers would cover the 50th anniversary.
They did more than I would have thought.
Thanks for providing the link.
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December 17, 2010 at 9:05 pm