"It started with a blimp crash, the first major aviation disaster in American history. And even before people had time to digest that, a child disappears from the North Side of Chicago, which created this hysteria about whether our children are safe from our neighbors.
"The real mayhem began when a pretty minor incident at a South Side beach spiraled into one of the worst race riots in American history. As if that weren't enough, a transit strike was called.
"At a certain point, people wondered if Chicago would get through this."
–Gary Krist, author of "City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago."
(Check out the full interview here.)
