Saturday, April 14, 2012

100 Years Ago...

...long before my mother, grandparents and I were born there sailed a magnificent ship the likes of which had never traveled the Atlantic before. On this fateful night, at this fateful moment in 1912 Titanic met it's early demise after hitting an ill-fated iceberg. Over 1,500 men, women and children went into the North Atlantic ocean. Only 710 souls were saved from the freezing cold water that night.
The reason why I am telling you this is because I've always been fascinated by the story of Titanic. I've done independent research, seen the movie upwards of 63 times and even did a speech on it in Grades 5 and 7.
As you go about your business tonight, tomorrow and the next few days maybe you could just stop to think about all of the lost ones, the empty graves the families will never get to fill and the survivors(now long gone) who had to live with the guilt and nightmares of screaming and death.
I know I don't really write heavy posts like this but I think it's an important part of history that needs to be remembered. Here's to you unsinkable ship! Cheers!