Titanic

One of the biggest tragedies the world had seen in 1912 was the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was a cruise ship built ahead of its time due to its luxury and size. The ship had over 2100 passengers ranging from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the poor. The ship was top of the line with unbelievable finishing’s, chandeliers and dining areas. One of the most important necessities that the ship did not have was enough life boats for the amount of passengers on board. This was due to the hype of the Titanic being indestructible and the unsinkable ship.

The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England headed for New York City. The ship had been built so well that there was no person that could deny it was unsinkable. Considering the ship was “unsinkable”, the ship had only enough life boats for about half of the passengers. The idea was not for the passengers, but if any other ship needed help the Titanic had lifeboats to use. Around 11:40 PM the Titanic hit an iceberg, put large holes in the ship. About two and a half hours later the Titanic completely sank, saving only about 705 passengers.

The sinking of this ship was a huge blow to people all over the world. This hit headlines of every major newspaper questioning why there weren’t enough precautions to prevent this and why there weren’t enough lifeboats to save all the passengers. I believe we can relate this to the World Trade Center going down. People were continually asking how this could happen, and why did this happen? The questions are always the same no matter what the tragedy. The Titanic going down was one of the first times that people witnessed a large number of civilian people die and not have an answer to why. This parallels the World Trade Center because this is one of the first times America witnessed something that horrible happen on Americas soil. In both situations the same questions were asked, how, why?