Episode 263: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

2001 was not the only year in which something tragic occurred on September 11th. On that day in 1974, eighty-two people would board a plane from Charleston, South Carolina, to Charlotte, North Carolina. Only ten would survive.

Videos:

• 9/11/74: The Untold Story of Charlotte's Deadliest Plane Crash
• Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper's beautiful conversation about grief
• Talkative Pilots: Eastern Airlines Flight 212

Articles and books:

• A fiery plane crash on 9/11/74 changed Charleston forever. 50 years later, its scars linger.
• NTSB Crash Report for Eastern Airlines Flight 212
• Charlotte's deadliest plane crash has finally been memorialized after 51 years