The Pros And Cons Of Rethinking Of The Titanic

The Titanic, advertised as “unsinkable”, sunk into the chilly Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15th, 1912 when it collided with an iceberg. For just over 106 years, people have been fascinated by the idea that what was thought to be a modern engineering marvel at the time could fail so quickly. The sinking of the Titanic should be explored more thoroughly in a World History class because there was a great loss of life that occurred as a result of it, it was one of the first disasters that impacted people from all corners of the Earth and all walks of life, and it resulted in many changes in shipping and other naval vessels. “It was possibly the first truly global disaster for mankind. With victims from North and South America,

Images from this time taken outside the White Star Line offices in New York show upset and angry people wanting to know how such a tragic event had happened and who was responsible for it (Bain News Service “Crowd Gathered”). Following the tragedy, the British and United States governments opened an investigation into the ship’s functions at the time of the crash and what could have been done to prevent it (“Titanic Disaster”). One thing they wanted to know was why the ship had been traveling at such a fast pace when they had already been warned of the risk of icebergs (Gavin and Zarr). The United States sent the Navy, and later established the International Ice Patrol, to monitor the oceans and report locations of hazardous sailing conditions (Bitette). A large problem that passengers on the Titanic encountered when attempting to flee the ship was the lack of lifeboats. Now, all ships are required to have enough lifeboats for all passengers on board (Bitette). The lifeboats that were cast into the sea weren’t completely full and most lifeboats didn’t return to the ship after it sank to pick up more passengers from the frigid water (Barczewski). Even though there weren’t enough lifeboats, more lives still could have been saved if a ship had been there to rescue them. However, there was a ship in the vicinity that could have rescued them. The Californian was close enough to help and some witnesses even recall seeing the ship’s lights in the distance, but the Californian’s radio operator had already gone to bed and didn’t receive the Titanic’s calls for help (Don). As a result of the sinking and the investigation into it, all ships are now required to have some kind of radio system manned 24 hours a day (Lane). In addition to all of these changes, something had to be done about the reports that the third class passengers had been locked in the bottom of the ship and hadn’t been