Overwhelming Fear
As Hansen revealed, Armstrong once quipped, “I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics.” Yet, beneath the facade of the unassuming engineer, a quiet unease simmered.
Deep within Armstrong’s psyche, an unsettling fear took root. He grappled with an overwhelming dread that his two sons, Mark and Eric, might fall victim to the clutches of kidnappers. Furthermore, an inexplicable obsession gripped him—a fixation on the somber events of 1932, a year forever marked by the tragic fate of Charles Lindbergh, the celebrated flying ace.