Facts: |
| - The Titanic went down
to the Atlantic at 2:20 am on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg. |
| - It received 6-7
iceberg warnings before the sinking. |
| - It was in a really
high speed, wanted to break the record. |
| - The Titanic did not
carry enough lifeboats for everyone to aboard, however, the amount of lifeboats was more
than what the law required. |
| - 1,523 people died
with Titanic... some drowned and some were frozen to death. |
| - The recuse ship came
2-3 hours after the sinking. |
| - Only 700 people were
saved. |
| - The lifeboats could
carry 65 people, but some only left with 12-30 people. |
| - Those people in the
lifeboats had to burn their clothes and lights in order to keep the lifeboats together. |
| - A man drank alcohol
before the sinking, which saved his life from keeping his body warm in the icy water. |
| - The band played on
the deck until the ship sinks... |
| - Titanic remained
mytery for 70 years, many people believed that the ship wasn't split in half... but some
people claimed that it was... Nobody knew the truth until people went down to the
Titanic's grave in the 1980's. |
| - The pressure in the
ocean was really strong... about 6000 lbs per square inch. |