James Patrick Lynch

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"I knew immediately it was Lindbergh himself"

Shortly before Lindbergh's death, from six months to a year, I was working for the "Los Angeles Times." As I and three or four of my fellow workers were going from the ground floor to the third floor where our offices were, I noticed this chap quietly standing in the corner of the elevator. My colleague, Jim Francavilla, said to me, "Pat, I understand Lindbergh is in the building." I said something like I didn't believe I could recognize him today. The chap in the elevator spoke up: "I believe they call him slim." I knew immediately it was Lindbergh himself. I was too dumbfounded to do anything but mumble. I wish devoutly now I had said something meaningful, but I didn't. A lost opportunity.