The child's parents were, a fact you seem to be ignoring in your analysis; I expect we'd see international headlines at the kidnapping of Michael Jackson's child or the kidnapping of the new son of the Duke of Cambridge.
Lindbergh was, though. Both before and after the kidnapping.
"In the coming days, Lindbergh became the most photographed, most filmed, and most famous living person on earth."
"On June 13, Lindbergh was greeted by over four million people at events honoring him in New York City."
"At the center stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who, as unofficial leader and spokesman for America’s isolationists, emerged as the president’s most formidable adversary"
lutusp|12 years ago
IsThisObvious|12 years ago
Do you really contend that we wouldn't?
reitzensteinm|12 years ago
"In the coming days, Lindbergh became the most photographed, most filmed, and most famous living person on earth."
"On June 13, Lindbergh was greeted by over four million people at events honoring him in New York City."
"At the center stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who, as unofficial leader and spokesman for America’s isolationists, emerged as the president’s most formidable adversary"
http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/Charles_Lindbergh.htm http://lynneolson.com/those-angry-days/