[Tennessee_Bob]

And what do you want to bet that 85 years down the road, they'll make a sappy movie about it?

[TXBubba]

Saw the traveling exhibit in Houston a couple of years ago. That was very interesting and sad.

[keithtoo]

Time to sell your White Star Line stock.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ted Kennedy was the captain.

[PandaRosaMishima]

RMS Titanic will (no doubt) rise above the movies and other (crap) made about her; like the pheonix, she comes to be immortal. For what it's worth, 57 years earlier, on that selfsame night, Abraham Lincoln also went to his eternal reward. Make of this what you will, Shakespeare was right in that April can be the cruelest month--remember that taxes are due on the 15th.........

[mass55th]

[kellynla]

Titanic archive
http://www.titanic-online.com/

[Fester Chugabrew]

Here's hoping 2012 sees a re-enactment. Let Al Gore, Ted-former-CNN, and Hillary book their voyage NOW.

[swordfish71]

Classic case of Man vs Nature...

Nature won.

The first thing they ever taught us in the navy was the classic line that Thomas Andrews used in the move (well, a form of it)

"If it's steel, it can sink"

I spend most of career in the navy on Submarines---on one boat, she refused to submerge on her sea trials.

[Borges]

I'm among those who thought the 1997 James Cameron film was wonderful! It's very hip to dislike it.

Trivia: Everyone knows the calamity took the life of John Jacob Astor...Brooke Astor, his daughter-in-law, is still alive at 103.

[MRMEAN]

This should be in breaking news.

[southernnorthcarolina]

[nicollo]

Archie Butt **bump**

[jrushing]

Because of a shortage of lifeboats and the lack of satisfactory emergency procedures, more than 1,500 people went down in the sinking ship or froze to death in the icy North Atlantic waters. Most of the approximately 700 survivors were women and children.

Ship sinks, women & children hurt most!
Ship sinks, most women & children saved.
This is incorrect in so many ways & sounds like a modern news report by reporters who do not know what they are talking about.

[Gabz]

I didn't realize it went down so fast.........

[Buddy B]

Encyclopedia Titanica: Titanic Passenger and Crew Research ( Official Home Page )

[1FASTGLOCK45]

Alright guys,
Here is my question, I love the Flight Sim 2004 (Microsoft) with forced feedback joystick. I can't seem to find any kind of simulator (like the flight sim) where i can pilot a huge ship like a tanker, cruiser etc. Most sims are subs and old planes. Anyone recommend anything?

I'm also looking for a Sim that i can blow shi* up using modern aircraft and stuff. any recommendations appreciated.

[xp38]

Shouldn't this be in Ice Breaking News?

[FreedomCalls]

Actual messages:

12.17 a.m.
15 April 1912
R.M.S. Titanic to Any Ship:
"CQD CQD SOS Titanic Position 41.44 N  50.24 W. 
Require immediate assistance. 
Come at once. 
We struck an iceberg. 
Sinking".

12.40 a.m.
15 April 1912
R.M.S. Titanic to R.M.S. Carpathia:
"SOS Titanic sinking by the head. 
We are about all down. 
Sinking. . ." 

1.10 a.m.
15 April 1912
Titanic to MKC ('Olympic'), 
"We are in collision with berg. 
Sinking Head down. 
41.46 N. 50.14 W. 
Come soon as possible".

1.30 a.m.
15 April 1912
Titanic tells 'Olympic', 
"We are putting passengers off in small boats." 
"Women and children in boats, can not last much longer".

1.40 a.m.
15 April 1912
'Olympic' to Titanic, 
"Am lighting up all possible boilers as fast as (we) can".

2.15 a.m.
15 April 1912
The final wireless message sent from the Titanic:
R.M.S. Titanic to R.M.S. Carpathia:
"SOS SOS CQD CQD Titanic. 
We are sinking fast. 
Passengers are being put into boats. 
Titanic." 

2.20 a.m.
15 April 1912
'Virginian' to 'Olympic', 
"Have you heard anything about Titanic?" 
'Olympic' says, "No. Keeping strict watch, but hear nothing more from Titanic. 
No reply from her". 

3.28 a.m.
15 April 1912
'La Provence' to 'Celtic',
"Nobody has heard the Titanic for about 2 hours".

[Bear_in_RoseBear]