101. Little Laughs | How an Acrobat Survived the Hindenburg Crash

Published: July 9, 2020, 7 a.m.

May 6th, 1927 in Manchester, New Jersey the LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and crashed into the earth. Of the 97 passengers, 62 survived, but only one survived by hanging onto the side of the craft as it plummeted to the ground. That man happened to be a gymnast and acrobatic. This is the story of Joseph Spah.