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Word: zermeno (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sputtered, the plane faltered, dived into the river, settled with its nose on the bottom, its tail sticking out of water. The watchers at Boiling Field, including the flier's wife and son, saw it all. Dr. Luis Quintanilla, counselor of the Mexican Embassy, and Naval Attache Manuel Zermeno jumped into automobiles, jounced over fields to the riverbank. Quintanilla and Zermeno flung off their coats, plunged in, swam to the plane, tried to pull Sarabia out. But he was inert, wedged in the cockpit, his head pressed against the instrument panel. When the plane had been towed ashore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: I Shiver | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

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