Carl Jablonski

May 6, 1937 is the day of one of the most historical moments in New Jersey and even world history. It was 80-years ago Saturday the Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed near The Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

Werner Franz, the 14-year-old cabin boy who miraculously walked away from the Hindenburg explosion in Lakehurst in 1937, has died in his native Germany at age 93.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, marks the 77th anniversary of a disaster that ended an era in air travel - and it all happened right here in New Jersey. On May 6, 1937, at around 7:25pm, the German airship Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed at what was then called Lakehurst Naval Air Station (now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst)...

Seventy-six years ago this Monday, May 6, the skies over Lakehurst became a fiery furnace, fueled by hydrogen from the airship Hindenburg. The Navy Lakehurst Historical Society marks it with displays, discussions and observances Sunday and Monday.