In what month was the crash that Dennis Nielsen is most widely known for having participated in the rescue effort for?
Dennis Nielsen Dennis Nielsen is a retired United States Air Force Colonel who is most widely known for having participated in rescue effort of the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989. Born in Shelby, Iowa, he has lived in the small town of Nashville, North Carolina since he retired from the Air National Guard in 2002.
Pan Am Flight 214 Pan Am Flight 214 was a scheduled flight of Pan American World Airways from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Baltimore, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On December 8, 1963, the Boeing 707 serving the flight crashed near Elkton, Maryland, while en route from Baltimore to Philadelphia, after being hit by lightning, killing all 81 on board. The accident is listed in the "Guinness Book of World Records" (2005) as the "Worst Lightning Strike Death Toll." It remains the deadliest airplane crash in Maryland state history.