It was an important event because so many people died when the ship sank, partly because of the lack of lifeboats, after the sinking no ship was allowed to set sail unless there were enough lifeboats for everyone on the ship. It was called one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters. I think that the titanic is still talked about because it’s a technological story, where everything seemed to be right with the ship then things went not only wrong, but so horribly wrong, so quickly that it captured people’s imagination at the time.
130 first class passengers died, 166 second class passengers died and 536 third class passengers died. The highest casualty rate was men. Apparently there was a strict rule about women and children first when it came to boarding the lifeboats. How so Bruce Ismay (Olympic Class Ocean Liner Owner) and Thomas Andrews (Ship Designer) should be blamed for this and was also involved in the sinking of the titanic because they should insure safety measure for all of the classes and to insure that it regulates the British legislation laws, which they did not insure passengers safety of all different class.
The rough Winter most likely was the cause to 70 deaths. Based on the “Background Essay”, “Then, in the awful winter of 1609-1610, another two-thirds of the settlers died.” Harsh winters were bound to happen. There was nothing anybody could do about it or prevent it. The colonists could have prepared for it, but because they did not have the current technology, they could have not possibly predicted that a rough winter was coming their way. According to “Document D”, in 1607 August through October “Summer sickness kills half the colonists” The summer of 1607 was so severe that it killed 50 people.
We all know that many American died at the horrifying attack. “4,500 Americans were killed or wounded” (Richmond). The way put out in text and understood is that, Pearl Harbor was indeed a wake up call for our nation and we did loose many Americans in the attack. But without that attack we wouldn't have gone to war, meaning, we wouldn't have stopped Hitler or the Holocaust. Stinnett quotes the chief cryptographer for the pacific fleet, who said, “It was a pretty cheap price to pay for unifying the
Malachor V was no more. I returned later, after the war, to witness the destruction I had caused first hand. Everything that hadn't been destroyed was covered in black ash. And then there were the people. Millions of people had died that day but i never imagined this.
From the Ashes of September 11th Comes Forth a New Nation & United We Stand The acts of terrorism committed on September 11th affected more than just those who lived in the cities that were attacked. Almost every American still hears the echo of the plane hitting the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 and the South Tower at 9:03. After the Pentagon was attacked at 9:38 the S Tower collapse killing countless people whereas the N tower collapsed at 10:28. Though this country has always been considered a patriotic nation although its patriotic tone has never been widely heard. Despite the many negative aspects of the terrorist attacks, the changes that also came from the attacks will change the way our nation defines the word security.
On May seventh 1915 there was a very sad tragic day for 128 Americans and families. A “merchant” ship known as the Lusitania was sailing close to the shore where German U-boats like to hang around and was torpedoed and had many people die from an explosion. The British still to this day blame it all on the Germans. But as I go on in my paper you will realize that Germany was justified to sink the boat. Fist off, the Germans had warned them weeks maybe even months back, that if any ships consulting or flying the British flag will be torpedoed after all passengers are off the ship; and this was published in the NEW YORK TIMES and all newspapers throughout the country.
The Titanic had been designed to carry a total of forty two lifeboats however, when she set sail only twenty of these boats were onboard. Many people even believed that even the twenty lifeboats were making the decks look too cluttered and were far too unnecessary for an ‘unsinkable ship.’ As a result many lives were lost when they could have easily been saved. The captain of the Titanic wished to surprise the presses by arriving early therefore setting the headline story that not only was she the largest vessel in history but he
The British passenger liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean April 15, 1912 in the early hours of the morning. This disaster is considered to be one of the deadliest peacetime events, with more than 1,500 people dead (“RMS Titanic”). Among these passengers were some of the wealthiest people in the world as well as emigrants looking to start a life in North America. The launch ticket, which can be seen in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, right outside of Belfast, belonged to a man named David Moneypenny. David Moneypenny was a shipyard painter for Harland and Wolff, and he had also worked on the RMS Titanic (Titanic Launch Ticket).
The eruption was fatal, it left the city of Pompeii covered in pumice stone and volcanic ash, at a height of 29 meters. The destruction of the city was not all, the eruption left some poisonous gases and dust, this is what we believe Naval commander Pliney passed away. When it erupted it took the city by surprise, nobody was expecting such an enormous disaster. But the reason so many people died was because the city had no emergency plan no escape routs. There were no rescue teams and nothing that could help them predict what would happen.