Saturday, August 22, 2009

Youth Hurt as Rocket Fuel Explodes!

It was March 1964 when this occurred. I checked my 1963,64 and 65 yearbooks and did not find him listed, but because of his injuries maybe he did not graduate?

A Burbank High School student suffered severe injuries Thursday when chemicals he was mixing with his bare hands for homemade rocket fuel exploded in a remote desert area near Pearblossom.

David L. Herman, 18, of 304 Elmwood Street, underwent surgery at Antelope Valley Hospital for hand injuries and face wounds. Deputy sheriffs identified the chemicals as potassium chlorate and phosphorus.

Two campanions, Kenneth Kosnik, 17, of 1412 N. Keystone Street, and Robert Abrams, 17, of 901 Bethany Road, were not hurt.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Ken Kosnik is my brother in law. Last I heard he was living in the state of Washington. He is a scientist at Boeing.