Orville Wright was hospitalized for almost two months after the September 17, 1908 crash that killed Thomas Selfridge.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Smithsonian and corroborated by multiple independent sources (NPS, Library of Congress, DTIC, National Archives, Wikipedia) consistently describing a ~7-week hospitalization ending around Oct 31-Nov 1, 1908, consistent with 'almost two months.' [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.721 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- After Thomas Selfridge (seed:firsts_and_inventions)
- https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/daav/chap9.htm (corroboration)
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/wilbur-and-orville-wright-papers/articles-and-essays/collection-highlights/the-wrights-go-public/ (corroboration)
- https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA382312.pdf (corroboration)
- https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2019/03/19/the-united-states-army-buys-its-first-aeroplane-1909/ (corroboration)
- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Wright_Brothers (corroboration)