It’s National Titanic Day – Here are Some Facts
Today is National Titanic Day and I've always had a fascination with the Titanic. Not sure why. Sometimes I think that if reincarnation is real then I was probably a passenger on the ship in a past life.
I know a lot of people are sick of or had no desire to see the movie "Titanic," but you have to give credit where credit is due. James Cameron really did a fantastic job bringing the history of the doomed voyage to the big screen.
My favorite part of the movie has nothing to do with Jack and Rose; it has to do with a photograph I have seen quite a few times. It was taken on the promenade deck and there are three men watching the boy spin the top. This was also a scene in the movie, when Jack stole the jacket off the back of the chair.
I had remembered seeing a picture of a boy spinning a top and wondered if there was a jacket on the chair. Sure enough there was. I thought that was pretty cool. Cameron brought a historical picture to life on the screen and used details in it to further the story. I'm a movie geek, so I thought this was really cool.
Here are some other facts about the Titanic:
- Radios must be kept on for 24 hours with backup power.
- There must be enough lifeboats on board for all passengers.
- Lifeboat drills are now mandatory before a ship sets sail.
The history and fate of the Titanic still fascinates me. Maybe it's the mystery of it being intact (at least the bow) on the ocean's seabed or the fact that it was most likely an avoidable tragedy. Whatever it is, I'm still very intrigued by this ship and its doomed maiden voyage.
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