Herbert Morrison was working for WLS Chicago when he covered the Hindenburg fire at Lakehurst Naval Station on 6 May 1937. His famous rapid-fire description of the unfolding tragedy got him fired for being too emotional—despite the fact that NBC, which had had a strict policy against airing recordings, made its first-ever exception for him in what was also the nation's first coast-to-coast broadcast. Not surprisingly, he somehow managed to find work at NBC after his firing and have a respectable career as a radio reporter thereafter.