The Last Flight Of The Greatest Airship Ever Built
May 3, 1937, and 16-year-old Irene Doehner is about to cross the ocean on the largest and most luxurious airship in the world. Inside the "Hindenburg" she will find all the comforts of a fine hotel, from a dining room serving gourmet meals to her own private bedroom. This vast airborne palace has only one flaw: it is kept floating in the sky by more than seven million cubic feet of explosive hydrogen gas.
May 6, 1937. The "Hindenburg" hovers above the airfield at Lakehurst, New Jersey, preparing for a routine landing. Suddenly there is a flash, and Germany's mightiest airship bursts into a giant ball of fire. Irene Doehner is trapped inside the burning zeppelin. With the flames at her back, she crawls to the open window. "I can't do it," she screams. But she knows she must jump for her life . . .
