History: New York Air Disaster, 1960, New York City, United States

The death toll on the ground would have been significantly higher if the crash had been a block to the west (St. Augustine High School) or if the crash had occurred several blocks earlier (St. Francis Xavier Grammar School).
Stephen Baltz
The only initial survivor of the tragedy was 11-year-old Stephen Baltz of Wilmette, Illinois, a passenger on the United jet, who was thrown from the plane into a snowbank at impact. Baltz told rescuers that moments before the collision he had looked out the window at the snow falling on the city.