It was really interesting and although I expected the reporter to freak out, I didn't expect it to feel and hear the fear and sorrow in his voice. He was reporting for about 15 minutes about the landing of it, everyone was excited and so was he. He said that there may be complications because it was landing while it was raining. He explained that there were 39 passengers and a crew of 61 on the zeppelin. I also noticed that there was a lot of advertisement in the beginning for American Airlines - basically him telling everyone that it was AA that sponsored the event and that they were good, etc.. And then eventually at mid-sentence, he exclaims that it's going down and that it's burst into flames. His voice alone conveys the horror and the surprise of what just occured. I remember that he says alot of things like "oh no, how could this happen" and "oh the humanity!" After this he goes on and off the air, trying to recoop himself and see what else has happened. He tells everyone to back away from the burning zeppelin. (Which he explains had helium in it, which is very explosive)
He then, near the end, finds a dazed survivor - Philip Manson of New York. He tells everyone that he jumped out the black of the zeppelin with several other passengers as it got closer to the ground. Overall, this was a very sad report and very interesting because it was live and we got to hear a first person's account about the event.
As for the most important moment in TV history, I would say it would have to be the nixon-kennedy debates. I think this started a whole new revolution of where people are judged by looks even more than before. I think this is the start of where society shows an interest is something more than just brain knowledge. It was because of this that Nixon lost (even though he had more votes). He lost because he didn't look as appealing as Kennedy did on the air. And this is a turning point that really changed american history.
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