Worthington resident, 94, wakes up to blimp that landed in yard

WORTHINGTON — A 94-year-old Ohio woman who woke up to dis­cover that a break­away blimp from a nearby air­port had landed in her back­yard said she heard a bang dur­ing stormy weather but didn’t real­ize what hap­pened until police knocked on her door about seven hours later. The 128-foot-long blimp broke free of its moor­ings at a Colum­bus air­port dur­ing strong winds early Sun­day, then drifted to the sky, headed east­ward and landed in Lil­lian Bernhagen’s back­yard in Wor­thing­ton, less than two miles from Ohio State University’s Don Scott air­field. No one was aboard and no injuries were reported.