Last Remaining Hindenburg Survivor Dies At 90 Lost His Father And Sister In Blaze
Doehner was 8 at the time of the crash, returning from a family vacation in Germany with his younger sister, older brother, mother and father. They were on their way home to Mexico City, where his father worked as a pharmaceutical executive. The plan was to fly from Lakehurst to Newark, then take a train to Mexico City. Interviewed by the Associated Press for the 80th anniversary of the disaster, Doehner said that he recalled his father taking movie camera footage of the ship’s dining room before going to the family’s cabin—the last time he ever saw him....