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18. I'm sort of

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 11:10 AM

Apr 2012

disappointed I haven't read or seen more about the Titanic this week in the news. With the anniversary approaching this spring I've been looking for books, documentaries, etc., about it. I did find this article:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/14/2748800/titanic-the-moral-of-a-100-year.html

and found out that there is a Titanic Museum in TN:

http://www.titanicpigeonforge.com/

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The Titanic goes down in about 20 minutes, 100 years ago... [View all] Larkspur Apr 2012 OP

The story always fascinated me Larkspur Apr 2012 #1

Oooooh, that was wrong. Zalatix Apr 2012 #13

Juror # 2 has a point. hlthe2b Apr 2012 #15

Yeah, basically it meant "Women and Children 1st Class Passengers First" Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #14

The lifeboat regs hadn't been changed since 1894. Liberal In Texas Apr 2012 #4

I think the class situation that existed back then Skittles Apr 2012 #5

seems to me it took more than two hours nt msongs Apr 2012 #6

I think it was about 3 hours or so Sherman A1 Apr 2012 #10

R-I-P nt Raine Apr 2012 #8

Might Lincoln have been....... dems_rightnow Apr 2012 #17

More Like 2 1/2 Hours... KharmaTrain Apr 2012 #12

The Titanic sank at 2:20AM ship time One of the 99 Apr 2012 #16

I'm sort of TuxedoKat Apr 2012 #18

I remember, when I was a kid, seeing a photo in a book Tom Rinaldo Apr 2012 #19