90 years ago two sailors were stuck hanging 360 feet in the air while attempting to dock the flying aircraft carrier USS Akron to her mooring mast.
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This footage obtained from the US National Archives may be disturbing.
0:00 Introduction
0:25 lil tjay USS Akron Airship
0:36 Problems with the airship
1:00 What went wrong?
1:18 USS Los Angeles airship
1:27 What happened to the sailors?
2:05 The sailors' fall
2:45 The sailor that held on
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US National Archives...
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