On April 14th/15th was the 100th Anniversery of the Titanic sinking.
On April 10th the great ship left Ireland to sail to America with 2,200 passengers. 1,500 people died on April 14th/15th. So many people knew they were going to die. The gigantic ship slowly sank into the frigid, deathly water. It was chaotic, people didn't know what to do. Surely many cried, many prayed. Some tried to save themselves, some stayed with loved ones and prepared to die, some helped others.
The sinking of the Titanic is extremely said and unfortunate, but why is this the most commemorated and remembered?
Is it because it was such a surprise? Afterall the ship was said to be "unsinkable, amazing." so what happened? Mostly it was pridefulness, carelessness, and not the most thorough construction.
The Titanic actually had two other "sisters" They were other large ships built almost identically. One called Oylmpic was in good use for 24 years, it was launched one year before Titanic was. The other; Britannic went through major changes after Titanic to make Britannic safer. She was a little useful in the war, but she sank in 1916 after hitting a U-boat and 29 lives were lost. She was never in commercial service.
The Titanic sank in 2 hours, 40 minutes. Some of that time the passengers didn't even know it was sinking. It's true their weren't enough life boats, and the crew didn't know they could be lowered with people in them safely. Some were still used. Mostly first class people survived, then 2nd class and so on. Mostly British people survived.
In 1865, the Sultana, a Mississippi riverboat, exploded and burned, with the loss of many more than 1,500 lives. In 1915, the liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine; 1,200 people died. In the same year, the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River, killing 840 passengers. Probably none of you have even heard of these stories. Maybe because the ships weren't as famous, it happened quickly, the media didn't make it a big deal at the time. The ship companies tried to hide it. I don't know.
But the Titanic reminds all of us of human emotions and decisions, death, and how priceless our lives are.
If you had been on a luxurious ship you thought was unsinkable, and it was suddenly falling into freezing, deadly waters, collapsing in half, and you knew you would probably die, what would you do?
On April 10th the great ship left Ireland to sail to America with 2,200 passengers. 1,500 people died on April 14th/15th. So many people knew they were going to die. The gigantic ship slowly sank into the frigid, deathly water. It was chaotic, people didn't know what to do. Surely many cried, many prayed. Some tried to save themselves, some stayed with loved ones and prepared to die, some helped others.
The sinking of the Titanic is extremely said and unfortunate, but why is this the most commemorated and remembered?
Is it because it was such a surprise? Afterall the ship was said to be "unsinkable, amazing." so what happened? Mostly it was pridefulness, carelessness, and not the most thorough construction.
The Titanic actually had two other "sisters" They were other large ships built almost identically. One called Oylmpic was in good use for 24 years, it was launched one year before Titanic was. The other; Britannic went through major changes after Titanic to make Britannic safer. She was a little useful in the war, but she sank in 1916 after hitting a U-boat and 29 lives were lost. She was never in commercial service.
The Titanic sank in 2 hours, 40 minutes. Some of that time the passengers didn't even know it was sinking. It's true their weren't enough life boats, and the crew didn't know they could be lowered with people in them safely. Some were still used. Mostly first class people survived, then 2nd class and so on. Mostly British people survived.
In 1865, the Sultana, a Mississippi riverboat, exploded and burned, with the loss of many more than 1,500 lives. In 1915, the liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine; 1,200 people died. In the same year, the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River, killing 840 passengers. Probably none of you have even heard of these stories. Maybe because the ships weren't as famous, it happened quickly, the media didn't make it a big deal at the time. The ship companies tried to hide it. I don't know.
But the Titanic reminds all of us of human emotions and decisions, death, and how priceless our lives are.
If you had been on a luxurious ship you thought was unsinkable, and it was suddenly falling into freezing, deadly waters, collapsing in half, and you knew you would probably die, what would you do?
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