💥 In 1961, North Carolina came closer to nuclear disaster than almost anyone knew. A US B-52 bomber broke apart mid-air over Goldsboro, and two hydrogen bombs fell from the sky. One of them went through all its arming steps—its parachute deployed, its trigger mechanisms engaged, and three of its four safety switches failed. Only a single low-voltage switch stood between the bomb and a blast 250 times stronger than Hiroshima, capable of erasing the entire East Coast. This “Broken Arrow” incident