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Cabin Boy Werner Franz (1922– )
"When the next Zeppelin is ready, may I fly again with her?"
When the flaming Hindenburg sharply tilted, water from a ruptured ballast miraculously drenched fourteen-year-old cabin boy Werner Franz. Soaked and briefly protected from the flames, he kicked open a supply hatch and jumped. The gondola's bounce provided the seconds he needed to escape the conflagration virtually unharmed. Franz spent his life after World War II working with precision instruments. |