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ILLUSTRATION BY PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE/ALBUM/ART RESOURCE, NY
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By Amy Briggs, Executive Editor, HISTORY magazine
No matter how often its story is told, the Titanic never fails to capture my imagination. Maybe it’s the grandeur of the ship? The discovery of its sunken wreckage? Or the never-ending debate over if there was enough room for Jack on the door? It’s hard to pin down why the doomed ocean liner still fascinates 110 years after its first—and final—voyage.
Perhaps part of my fascination comes from an idea the disaster could have been avoided. Our latest Titanic feature, keyed to this week’s anniversary, delves into this question by looking at the ship’s final hours: seeing what choices were made and which actions were taken. Their impact: the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
Moment by moment, it becomes clearer that these critical decisions, some made before the ship even left port, rendered the “unsinkable” very sinkable. All it would take, as illustrated above, was an inconvenient iceberg.
Read the full account.
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