1 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: I want you to imagine something. I want you to 2 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: picture everybody you love. Family. Let's stick with family for now. Mom, dad, 3 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: if you're married, picture your wife, your husband, and your kids, 4 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: and your dog too. And I want you to imagine 5 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: you're all together. You're all sitting together in a room. 6 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 1: It's a comfortable room, not a bad room at all. 7 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: But you're all sitting around looking at each other in 8 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: the eye, and you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, 9 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: do not think you know you're about to die, all 10 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: of you. What does that feel like? What do you 11 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: say to each other in that moment? Do you say 12 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: anything at all? Do you pray? You cry? Do you laugh? 13 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what that moment feels like. Obviously you 14 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: don't either, or you wouldn't be listening to the sound 15 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: of my voice. But just know people in the story 16 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: were about to tell they got to find out. Welcome 17 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: to history. Now. The story today is about the Titanic, 18 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: the sinking more specifically of the Titanic, but the Titanic's 19 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: general story a story. You know. You know this story, 20 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: and occasionally we do stories you don't know. Occasionally we 21 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: do stories you do undoubtedly right now, you know Titanic 22 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: was a gigantic ship that sank and a bunch of 23 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: people died. That's what you know about it. Let's do 24 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: just a little background before we get into the actual 25 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: sinking of the Titanic. Now, shipping, Shipping is a fascinating 26 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: thing if you take time to ever actually dig into it. No, 27 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: not the minutia of it. I don't expect you to 28 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: take your family down to the docks today to have 29 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: a good time watching the ships come and go, But 30 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,559 Speaker 1: just in general, how it evolved over time, how it advanced. 31 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: I guess I should say over time. What do I 32 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: mean by that, Well, think about old days, old old 33 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: ancient times, roams, something like that. Yes, there was shipping, 34 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: there was some international shipping on a limited basis. But 35 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: remember the ocean, as we will once again find out today, 36 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: it's simply a terrifying place. At times, it is vast, 37 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: beyond all belief, It is treacherous. Storms come from anywhere. Waves, 38 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: weather come from anywhere. You can easily find yourself either 39 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: lost or know where you are, but can't get where 40 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: you want to go. Currents pull you another way. And 41 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: we're not even talking about the monsters that lurk underneath 42 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: the water. The ocean is a scary place. It's why 43 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: I've always loved it. I have always loved it. We 44 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: used to go to the beach when I was a kid. 45 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: I still get to the ocean every chance I get. 46 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: I love being on it. I love being on it 47 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: in a boat. I love swimming in it. And part 48 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: of the reason I have always loved it is makes 49 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: my heart pound a little bit. It's a little bit exciting, right, 50 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: it's a little scary. I don't know. Shark down there, 51 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: current out there, storm, coming waves. Is this boat gonna 52 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: make it? There's always part of that. And when you're 53 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: out on a boat, and those who've done this will 54 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about. When you're out on a 55 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: boat and you're looking at all of the ocean, more 56 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: than anything else, it reminds me how small I am. 57 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: You can feel like the biggest, toughest person in the world, 58 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: or even being a great big boat. No, this is great, 59 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: and you look around and think, wow, I'm a speck, 60 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: a tiny, tiny speck, and like that, I can be gone. 61 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: This place can swallow me and nobody will ever see 62 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: me again. It's exciting, scary, it's exciting. Now, shipping throughout 63 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 1: time gotten more and more and more advanced. Why well, 64 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: people want to go to and fro and they want 65 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: to send their goods and services to and fro. As 66 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: we began to mankind, meaning when I say we, as 67 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: we began to discover new parts of the world, we 68 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: wanted to get there more and more. We wanted more 69 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: ships to go there. We wanted more people to go 70 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: there and build the place up. And this applies to 71 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: everywhere underneath the sun. Oh wow, Cape of Good Hope, Oh, Australia, 72 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: South America, North America. This seems like a nice place. 73 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: Oh wow, they have stuff we want here, gold, silver, cotton, 74 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. We need people over there. 75 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: People want to go over there. What I'm saying is 76 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: ocean travel advanced because mankind just continued to expand, and 77 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 1: because he wanted to expand, shipping got better and better. However, 78 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: we live in an era right now, you and I 79 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: that's a little different. What I mean by that is this, 80 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: if you, if you decide today I want to travel 81 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: across the ocean to Europe somewhere, or if you're in Europe, 82 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: maybe you want to travel across the ocean to America. 83 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: How you will almost undoubtedly choose to do that will 84 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: be a cruise ship of some kind. You will show 85 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: up on this ship. You may even pay a little 86 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: extra for the for the bell hop to take your 87 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: luggage down to your room for you. Once you get 88 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: situated on the ship, you'll probably head up, maybe check 89 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: out the pool, grab yourself a cocktail, perhaps take it 90 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: a comedy show. That night, you'll eat a delicious meal 91 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: at several different restaurant choices, and then you'll at some 92 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: point retire to your cabin and adjust the temperature in 93 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: this cabin just the way you want, and go to 94 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: sleep in your nice bed. Wake up in the morning, 95 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: take a nice shower, maybe walk out on the balcony 96 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: and take in some fresh, open smells of a month. 97 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: That's how you travel across oceans now. That is not 98 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: how they traveled back then. That is not how ocean 99 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: travel used to be. For the majority of human history, 100 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: ocean travel sucked. It was long, hot and cold and miserable. 101 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: You see ships, especially the men who worked on ships. 102 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: If you wanted to be in shipping, you wanted to 103 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: be in the navy. They were in general, the guys 104 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: without other options why, because people with options don't hop 105 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: on board a ship and stay there eating crappy food 106 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: and bad water for a month at a time. And 107 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: even if you're traveling for leisure or just moving. Let's 108 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: say you're a well to do family in a place 109 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: like Britain and you decide you want to start something 110 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: new in Australia, which was something obviously a common thing. 111 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: You were signing up for months on the water. You 112 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: might not even make it either. You might not even 113 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: make it. You're still in the time of sale. It's 114 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: just what I'm trying to get across to you is forever, 115 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: for the majority of human history, it wasn't exactly a 116 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: rip roaring good time to be out on the water. 117 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: And then, as happens, when you have capitalism out there, 118 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: advancements begin to happen because people always are going to 119 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: look around. They're gonna look at the deficiencies, they're gonna 120 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: look at places where things are wanting, and they're going 121 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: to say to themselves, how can I provide something here 122 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: that people want and make money on it. People began 123 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: to figure out, wait a minute, ocean travel sucks. Everyone 124 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: hates it, but people do want to travel. They do 125 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: want to go to and fro. What if we found 126 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: a way to make it nice. What if we found 127 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: a way to make ocean travel a thing you wanted 128 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: to do. You wanted to be on the ocean just 129 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: because the ship was so nice. And companies began to 130 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: dig into this problem. One such company is one you 131 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: may have heard of before. It applies to our story today. 132 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: It was called the White Star Line. They're an old company, 133 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: of course, unsurprisingly, an international shipping company, and there's huge 134 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: money in that then and now that will never change. 135 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: There's just a great deal of money and taking these 136 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: goods and services from this place and shipping it across 137 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,719 Speaker 1: the ocean to this place. It's profitable, always has been. 138 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: They realized, well, there may be some money in shipping 139 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: people as well. People may choose to spend a pretty 140 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: penny to travel across the ocean in some level of comfort. 141 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Companies began to build passenger ships with some level of comfort. 142 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: You're no longer stuck in some crappy cabin somewhere. Maybe 143 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: we could make the bad a little nicer, Maybe a 144 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: place for the ladies to take a bath. What if 145 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: we got the men a room so they can sip 146 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: a cocktail, have a cigar. What if we spruced to 147 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: this place up and made it more of a floating hotel. Well, 148 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: that caught on. But also at first, when it came 149 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: to passenger ships, speed caught on. They thought, well, okay, 150 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: we want some comforts, We really want some comforts, but 151 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: more than anything, people just don't want to be stuck 152 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: on this stinking ship. Let's just make them fast. But 153 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: they started to figure out people enjoyed the speed. They 154 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: wanted speed, but they also wanted other things. They wanted 155 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: air conditioning, they wanted heat, they wanted other things. And 156 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: so companies like the White Star Line began to compete 157 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: with each other to make ocean travel the most appealing 158 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: it could possibly be. What if we built a ship, 159 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: a huge ship, and what if we made all the 160 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: cabins in the ship a place you want to be? 161 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: What if we made the restaurant on the ship a 162 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: restaurant you want to sit out and eat at. What 163 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: if we made this thing luxury? And so they began 164 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: and places as a company is like the White Star Line, 165 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: they began to build ships, ships like the Olympic, Ships 166 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: like the Olympics twin ship the Titanic should be noted 167 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: the White Star Line also built the Lusitania. So talk 168 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: about the all time bad luck of bad luck. You 169 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: think your company had a rough year, Now, what was 170 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: the Titanic? The Titanic was international news. The Olympic was too, 171 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: But the Titanic was international news because it was the 172 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: biggest and because it simply provided luxuries that other ships 173 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: had never provided before. Yes, it was fast. It wasn't 174 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: the fastest on the ocean. It was fast, but it 175 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: was luxurious, luxurious. Have you seen the movie, the famous 176 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: blockbuster movie Titanic. Obviously that movie was huge when it 177 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: came out. It's what people get most of their Titanic 178 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: knowledge from. You should know. Obviously the movie we got 179 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: some things wrong and took plenty of liberties because that's 180 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 1: what Hollywood does. No problem there. I'm not one of 181 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: these people who dogs on Hollywood for that. They're trying 182 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: to adjust it. So it's something you enjoy. Granted, I 183 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: wish Hollywood made a bunch more historical movies, but I'm 184 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: not in the movie making business, so I can't really complain. However, 185 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: one thing that movie nailed, and absolutely nailed. Every expert 186 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: on Titanic says this. They nailed the look of the ship, 187 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: the feel of the ship, the details of the ship, 188 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: that grand staircase. Maybe you remember the grand staircase. They 189 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: tried to make a big thing of it in the movie. 190 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: There was a staircase there and it was just so 191 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: huge and nice. They nailed that to perfection. That's what 192 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: it looked like. If you want to know what Titanic 193 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: looked like, it looked like that. But one thing they 194 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: couldn't possibly do when that film, and something I can't 195 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: possibly do for you now is drive home to you 196 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: how absurdly abnormal that was for anything people had really 197 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: known for shipping. It was all of a sudden, Oh no, 198 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: we have to we have to go across the ocean. 199 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: I don't want to go across the ocean. That sounds miserable. 200 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: It went from that to oh my gosh, can I 201 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: get on that ship? How much will it cost me 202 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: to get on that ship? I'll pay you anything, I'll 203 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: do anything to get on that ship. Called it a 204 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: floating palace for a reason. Now, one thing that's going 205 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: to come up continuously in our little brief chat today 206 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: about Titanic is this, there have been a million documentaries 207 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: and books and articles written about Titanic since the moment 208 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: it hit the bottom of the ocean floor. Articles about 209 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: this part of it or that part of it, or 210 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: this captain and and this passenger, and how this messed 211 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: up and that messed up. And we're gonna go over 212 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: some of the things that went wrong today. But I 213 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: will be honest with you. When I started really really 214 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: digging into this and started digging through this reading in 215 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: that book and this documentary and this, I was expecting 216 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: to find tons and tons of things that had me convinced, 217 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: oh gosh, this was a huge screw up by this 218 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: person or that person, and this person is responsible when 219 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: that person is responsible. But to give you a little 220 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: spoiler alert here, I don't think anyone was responsible. Oh 221 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: you can maybe twist yourself around and say, well, if 222 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: he would have only done this, if she would have 223 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: only done that, this wouldn't have happened. But the more 224 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: you dig into Titanic, the more it looks like just 225 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: the one of the world's biggest cases of accidents happen, 226 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: bad luck, misfortune, god's wrath, however you want to put it. 227 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: It just looks like something that was bound to happen. 228 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: The captain Edward john Smith was his name. He's often 229 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: referenced as some buffoon. If you're if you're reading all 230 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: these articles in books, and I understand, once you've read 231 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: one book on Titanic, the next author can't write the 232 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: same book, so he has to write a different book 233 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: with a different angles, saying, well, if the stars were 234 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: actually aligned here, but the truth is Edward john Smith 235 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: captain of the Titanic. He died in the Titanic last 236 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: scene walking towards the bridge. Edward john Smith had an 237 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: outstanding reputation, outstanding reputation. He wasn't some controversial hire. Edward 238 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: john Smith had several officers that were underneath him in 239 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: the ship. Universally they loved and respected him. Edward john 240 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: Smith was not some careless buffoon who just stumbled onto 241 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: this great ship one day and decided I'll take the wheel. 242 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: Edward john Smith was extremely experienced, had spent a lifetime 243 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 1: on the water. Knew what he was doing. The other 244 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: officers with him, I just mentioned them briefly, extremely experienced. 245 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: All men who knew what they were doing had histories, 246 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: exemplary histories of getting the job done. And getting the 247 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: job done right. That's why a huge company like White 248 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: Star Line hired these men. Another thing people try to 249 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: twist up about The Titanic that the movie did this 250 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: well too, is try to create some huge controversy between first, 251 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: second and third class. Just for those who don't know, understand, 252 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: there were first class tickets obviously the most expensive, second 253 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: class tickets less expensive, and then third class tickets. And 254 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: they tried to play this whole thing up as if 255 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: third class especially they were just treated like dogs and 256 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: toss them some table scraps, and they kept them locked 257 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: down below like animals, and they let them drown down there. 258 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: I've always thought that was true. Yeah, that's not true 259 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: at all, not true at all. The third class on Titanic, 260 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: You know what, they were immigrants. They were people immigrating 261 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 1: to the United States of America. Not on a luxury cruise, 262 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: not on a just hey, I want to travel across 263 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: the ocean thing. They were people immigrating to the United States. 264 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: Why were they third class? Well't Yes, they didn't have 265 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of money, but they had scraped together enough 266 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: money to immigrate in style. On the Titanic, they were 267 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: they were locked down below. But they weren't locked down 268 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: below because everybody hated them or they were viewed as 269 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,719 Speaker 1: a lower class, although I'm sure there was some of that. 270 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: They were locked down below because of immigration laws. There 271 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: were rules they had to worry about diseases. These people 272 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: were checked when they got on board. Any nation won't 273 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: any saying nation monitors its immigrants. You must keep disease 274 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: and things like that out of your country. So yes, 275 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: they were kept in the worst class, no question about it. 276 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: But understand this. The cabin's third class stayed in they 277 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: had hot and cold water. Now you're saying to yourself, oh, wow, 278 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: that's nice. No, you don't understand these people they didn't 279 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: have hot and cold water back in their homes un Titanic. 280 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: They were staying in better accommodations than they had at 281 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: the homes they were leaving. Third class had it very nice. 282 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: Second class also very very nice. And then we get 283 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: up to first class and the dollar amounts we're talking 284 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: about are absurd here, But then again, we are talking 285 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: some of the richest people on the planet were either 286 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: on this ship or supposed to be on this ship. 287 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: JP Morgan himself famously had a cabin reserved for himself 288 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: on this ship and couldn't make it there for some reason. 289 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: I can't seem to get a straight answer on why 290 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: he couldn't manage make it. The bottom line is nobody knows, 291 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: and nobody ever wants to do a history podcast or 292 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: history article or history book and simply come out and 293 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: say I don't know. I guess that's what makes this 294 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: one a little different because I don't know, and clearly 295 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: y'all don't know either. Some people say he had a 296 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: head cold, the flu. Some people say he had a 297 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: bad dream. You can't You can't get a straight answer. 298 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: But understand this about the Titanic. It was nice for everyone. 299 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: It was nice for everyone. Everyone thought, this is the 300 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: place I want to be. Now, the Titanic takes off. 301 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: Remember it's taking off, and it's heading towards New York. 302 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: It's heading across the Atlantic. It makes a quick stop 303 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: in France. I should note it also makes a stop 304 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: in Ireland. In Ireland, at least one member of the 305 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: crew got off of the ship. That was his plan 306 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: all along. He was just kind of trying to act 307 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: like he wanted to be part of the Titanic, but 308 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: in reality he just wanted to hit your free ride 309 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: to Ireland, so he snuck off the ship and stayed off. 310 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: What a lucky devil, huh. And then it takes off 311 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: from Ireland after a couple brief stops, and takes off 312 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 1: for New York City. Now, remember this is the maiden 313 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: voyage of the Titanic, and it is international news. It's 314 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: hard for you and I to wrap our minds around 315 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: that now, because as I'm speaking to you, there are 316 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: undoubtedly multiple luxury, luxury cruise ships, gigantic ones around the world, 317 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: sailing different places. And you don't care. I don't care. 318 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: You don't know the names of any of them. I 319 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 1: don't know the names of any of them. Who cares. 320 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: It's a ship, Okay, I hope that fun. It's just 321 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: not a big deal for you. Well, this is the 322 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: era when people are learning about new technology and they 323 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: marvel at it. If you were alive, if you're a 324 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: little older and you were alive, to remember the spaceships, 325 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: the first spaceships they start launching in outer space. That 326 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: was similar to what the Titanic would be. Something brand new. 327 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: Why a huge ship, a luxury ship? Oh my gosh, 328 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: I would give anything to be on that ship, so 329 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: it was already international news. Finally leaves takes off towards 330 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: New York City. Now, not every ship had radio on it, 331 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: even at this time. Isn't that crazy? When I say radio, 332 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: I mean cop on the microphone. Hey, mister ship over there, 333 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: this is mister ship one. Hello, mister ship too. How's 334 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: the weather over there? This is not that era quite yet. Yes, 335 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 1: Titanic had a radio on it because it was more advanced, 336 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 1: but it would have been the norm that Titanic didn't 337 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: run into other ships and see they had radios on them. Also, 338 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 1: in case you're one of the people who nerds out 339 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: on the details, you should know this. Ships don't take off, 340 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: you know, from the UK and head towards New York 341 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: City and just kind of yeah, this is point West, 342 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: let's just go there. Let's just aim right from New 343 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: York for New York. What does head right to it? 344 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: That's not really how it works, not then and not now. 345 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: Ships in order to avoid collisions with each other, in 346 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: order to avoid areas with bad currents and bad weather 347 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: and things like that, ships will harve out almost you. 348 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: I need you to think of them like super highways. 349 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: For themselves, routes, specifically laid out routes in the ocean, 350 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: you know, White Star Line, Titanic, these kind of international ships. 351 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: They actually had a specific route. Now was a little 352 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: wider than your highway. It's something like fifty sixty miles wide. 353 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: They had a route you would take. You would stay 354 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: within this specific corridor heading towards New York, and then 355 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 1: they had a separate one for coming back. Obviously they 356 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: wanted it separate because you had to worry about collisions. 357 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: Contrary to popular opinion, they were well aware of all 358 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: the other ships out there. They were also well aware, 359 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: this is the era before a radar, mind you, that 360 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: the only way to avoid a collision with another ship 361 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: is for you to see it in time, and Lord 362 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: willing it sees you in time, and then you both 363 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: break the same direction. That's the goal, because obviously a 364 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,640 Speaker 1: shipwreck is a big, big, big deal. Now let's get 365 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: too Titanic. Before we get to the ice fields, let's 366 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: talk about how Titanic was built. There's a lot of 367 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: rumor out there that they said it was unsinkable. Now 368 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 1: I'll say this, that's not specifically what they said about Titanic, 369 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: but it was said about it. It would be very, 370 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: very very difficult. It's difficult to believe how you could 371 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: sink it. And here's the crazy thing. People use that 372 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: now as this great lesson for people. Be careful what 373 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: you say. Don't get too cocky. Hubris kills, Pride goes 374 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: before the Fall, those kind of things. Look what Titanic said, 375 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: unsinkable and then it sank right away. But they were 376 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 1: kind of right. I mean when I say kind of right, 377 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: this is what I mean. I know what you're saying. 378 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: But Jesse, it's sank. Yeah, it sank. But the way 379 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: they designed it, how advanced they'd become at shipping. The 380 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: way they designed it was this, They had watertight compartments. 381 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: Now what does that mean. I want you to picture 382 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 1: a ship from the side. Okay, you're standing on the 383 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: dock and you're looking at the side of the ship. 384 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: Now I want you to draw in your mind vertical lines, pillars, 385 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: if you will, going up and down the ship. Each 386 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: one of those is a watertight compartment in these ships. 387 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: What does that actually mean to you? Because this can 388 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: get mind numbingly boring with all the engineer talk. What 389 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: it means is if this compartment somehow gets punctured, gets stabbed, 390 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: the giant spear hits it. Okay, that sucks. It's gonna 391 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: fill up with water because the ocean's out there, But 392 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: because it's a watertight compartment, it's gonna it's not gonna 393 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: leak into the other parts of the ship. It's simply 394 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: one cell, if you will, that's full of water. Titanic 395 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: was built so well, engineered so well that it could 396 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: withstand four of its compartments flooding. Four. That's a lot. 397 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: That's a lot. That's more than you can reasonably assume 398 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: you're even going to have to withstand. Now, it couldn't 399 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: withstand five, which we'll get to in a moment, but 400 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: it could withstand four. Again, back to my point, I 401 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: don't necessarily think this is anybody's fault Titanic. It wasn't 402 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: some engineering disaster. Titanic was a great ship, a ship 403 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: without hesitation. I would have been on if I could 404 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: afford it, I would have taken my family on. You 405 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: would have two. Now that's Titanic. Let's set that aside 406 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: for a moment. Let's get to the ice, because a 407 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: lot gets made about this too. The ice. Well, one 408 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: understand that there was ice in the North Atlantic wasn't 409 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: exactly breaking news. That would be like saying, oh my gosh, 410 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: have you guys heard the crazy news out there. There's 411 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: a sunshine in a little rain too in Florida this year. 412 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: Ice in the North Atlantic is not some crazy abnormality. 413 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: You had better adjust your plans for ice in the 414 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 1: North Atlantic is the rule. There's ice in the North 415 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: Atlantic pretty much all the time. It's freezing. Now. Ships 416 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: were aware of how dangerous icebergs were to them. It 417 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: was simply a calculated risk every ship took. It's not 418 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: as if they twist this up. It's not as if 419 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: Titanic was the one out there saying, ice, give me 420 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: a break. We're not worried about that. We're unsinkable. Full 421 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: speed ahead, Bob. That's not it at all. They all 422 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: knew ice was a danger. They all knew they had 423 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: to look out for it. They all knew they had 424 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: to look out for each other. When one ship would 425 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: run into ice in a particular spot, they would make 426 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: sure they knew all the other ships they could signal 427 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: or radio knew this is the norm. This is the norm, 428 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: And there's another ship that's going to play a part 429 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: in our story today. When you may not know about 430 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: called the Californian, the Californian seize ice, it actually does 431 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: send Titanic a message about the ice. There's an ice 432 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: field at icebergs. Well, Titanic got the message. Yes, they 433 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: kind of blew it off, but every ship in that 434 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: thing in that area at that time would have blown 435 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: it off. When I say blown it off, they still said, Okay, 436 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: I understand, but we're going to keep going. Contrary to 437 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: popular belief, though, they didn't just ignore the ice threat immediately. 438 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: They did the smart thing, the right thing, and they 439 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: put lookouts out. Not only did they put lookouts out, 440 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: they put great experienced lookouts out to look out for icebergs, 441 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: and they made them go outside so no window would 442 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:18,959 Speaker 1: obstruct their view. Titanic did the right thing. Put your 443 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: lookouts out, put good lookouts out. Let's make sure we 444 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: get this thing done right. They cruise on, and they 445 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: cruise on, they saw the iceberg that downed them, and 446 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: in most scenarios, they saw the iceberg that downed them. 447 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: In time they saw it. He shoed the warning. The 448 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: ship turns. Ship turns as fast as it possibly can 449 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: nobody screwed up. There there was no delay. They turned, 450 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: they avoided the iceberg. They were heading right for it was, 451 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: but it would have been a collision by the way quickside. 452 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: Note you can use this at your water cooler. If 453 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: Titanic had just run into that iceberg full speed ahead, 454 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: straight on, head on, Titanic would have been fine. Oh 455 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong. The ship would have been damaged 456 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: extremely and some people on the very front, especially the 457 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: people sleeping in the bottom, would have died. But it 458 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: would not have flooded all these compartments and sank not 459 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: at all. Ship would have been damaged, probably would would 460 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: have kept shipping on into port. But instead they avoided 461 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: the iceberg. So the iceberg just scraped along the side. 462 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: But again, bad luck is what bad luck is. Scraped 463 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: along the side meant something different this time, because the 464 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: iceberg had a gigantic jagged obviously extremely hard it would 465 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: have to be very hard to puncture the hull of 466 00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: the ship, extremely hard portion. Staying out at the bottom 467 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: and avoiding the iceberg, which you should have done, which 468 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: they should have done, turned out to be what did 469 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: Titanic in because it allowed this gigantic knife, for lack 470 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 1: of a better way to put it, to puncture a compartment. 471 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: But then Titanic was still moving forward. You can't stop 472 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: a ship that sized that fast. And not only punctured 473 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: the compartment, it stayed in there, and it scraped along 474 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: the side of the ship, and it punctured a second compartment, 475 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: and then a third compartment, and then a fourth compartment, 476 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: and even then, even then they would have been okay, 477 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: except it kept going for one more and puncture to fire. Now, 478 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: the second that thing punctured the fifth watertight compartment, Titanic 479 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: was doomed. Doom. Now let's pause here briefly and talk 480 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: about the lifeboat situation, because this is another one of 481 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: those things people make out to be some huge negligent thing. 482 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 1: The Titanic screwed up. They murdered people by not having 483 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: these lifeboats on there. Not really in hindsight, you could 484 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: say that maybe, but not really. What do I mean 485 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: by that? Well, understand this about lifeboats, especially lifeboats on ships. 486 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: Back then, lifeboats go up high. They go up high, 487 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: and the more weight you have at the top of 488 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: a ship, the less stable the ship is. You want 489 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: you weight down below. You want you wait at the bottom, 490 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: keeping your ship more stable. Titanic, Yes, it's true they 491 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: didn't have enough lifeboats for every passenger, but one they 492 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: actually did have more lifeboats than they were required to 493 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: have one and two. The truth is, if you want 494 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: to have a lifeboat for every passenger, room on a 495 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: lifeboat for every passenger on a ship, you don't need 496 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: enough lifeboats. You need twice as many lifeboats. Why when 497 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: a ship sinks, almost undoubtedly it's because it's been damaged 498 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: on one of its sides port or starboard, right or left, 499 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 1: depending on how you want to put it. And when 500 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: a ship gets damaged on one of its sides, it 501 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: begins to lean to that side as it takes on water. 502 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: They call it listing. It begins the list towards that side. 503 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: Well as a ship lists. Picture the lifeboats at the 504 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: top of the ship on the opposite side, opposite direction. 505 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 1: It's listing. What are they doing. They're now leaning directly 506 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,280 Speaker 1: against the ship. They no longer can be lowered into 507 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: the water. They're pressed on the ship and you can't 508 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:57,839 Speaker 1: unpress them. You understand what I'm saying. We can make 509 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: Titanic out to be this neg an, idiotic. What buffoons, 510 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 1: they killed people. Titanic did the exact same thing you 511 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: would have done, the exact same thing I would have done. 512 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: They said, let's get plenty of lifeboats on the ship. No, 513 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: not enough for everybody, because why would we need enough 514 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: for everybody. If we take damage, we'll have time to 515 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: ferry people back and forth on these lifeboats to whatever 516 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: ship comes to rescue us, because clearly we're not going 517 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 1: to hit anything that will sink us faster than we 518 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 1: can be rescued. Right now, I know, in hindsight, you 519 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 1: and I sitting here in the year twenty twenty one. 520 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: In hindsight, that looks suicidal. It looks idiotic, But you 521 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: must know at the time it made sense. They made 522 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: total sense. They did the right thing all right back 523 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:03,840 Speaker 1: down the gash and the ship right away. The water 524 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: pours into the boiler room in the front of the ship. 525 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: That's a problem. People began drowning and dying underneath right 526 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 1: off the bat. Now we know there's we know that 527 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: they were on top of this damage right away. They 528 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: grabbed the engineer, they grabbed the guy who designed it immediately. 529 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: They weren't negligent, they weren't lazy. They grabbed him immediately 530 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: and said, whoa, Okay, we just brushed up against an iceberg. 531 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,359 Speaker 1: Clearly we took some damage. Come check this out. He 532 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: gets on this right away. He goes down, He checks 533 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:42,000 Speaker 1: this out. He starts looking. He immediately comes to the conclusion, 534 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,720 Speaker 1: and I mean immediately, the ship is going to sink. 535 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: It punctured five compartments. Titanic is sinking. Titanic then immediately 536 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:59,800 Speaker 1: began sending out help signals, sending out help signals again, 537 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: doing the right thing, sending out signals to everybody, we're 538 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: going down, come help us. And now there's another part. 539 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:12,359 Speaker 1: History gets wrong on this. People act as if they 540 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: kept the third class passengers down below locked away while 541 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 1: the rich people were able to sit down on the lifeboats. 542 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: That's simply not true. As soon, I mean, as soon 543 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: as they realized the Titanic was going to sink, they 544 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: went down and opened up the gates that kept the 545 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:35,120 Speaker 1: third class. Remember the immigrants kept the third class in 546 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: the third class. Now, let's get to a couple of things, 547 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: a couple of terrible things that are true. Lifeboats began leaving, 548 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,240 Speaker 1: and they did begin leaving right away, And they began 549 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: leaving right away when they weren't full, they just started 550 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: loading people onto them. Apparently it was disorganized, and you 551 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: can imagine that would be a scary situation. They began 552 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:10,280 Speaker 1: loading people onto them and well, not enough, not enough people. 553 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 1: That's the truth. Now there's something we have to understand 554 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 1: about how people conducted themselves on Titanic, because a lot 555 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,880 Speaker 1: gets made of this too, human beings. You and I 556 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 1: hope we never have to find out, but we don't 557 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 1: know how we're going to react in any disaster scenario. 558 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 1: We hope obviously that we will be the upstanding hero, 559 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: but we don't know that, do we. You and I 560 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,839 Speaker 1: don't know that we can wish it, but we don't 561 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: know that. What if your plane starts going down, falling 562 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: out of the sky. Are you going to be the 563 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,359 Speaker 1: type of person who tries to calm people down, maybe 564 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,799 Speaker 1: says a nice prayer. Or are you to be the 565 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,800 Speaker 1: hysterical person screaming and running up and down the aisles 566 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,319 Speaker 1: we're all gonna die. Are you gonna be the one 567 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,040 Speaker 1: pushing women and children out of the way. No, I 568 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,319 Speaker 1: want to be safe. I don't know. You don't know 569 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 1: when Titanic began going down, Just no there were plenty 570 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:23,879 Speaker 1: of villains, plenty of people trying to angle their way 571 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,280 Speaker 1: on a lifeboat when they knew there weren't enough space, 572 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: and they wanted to get the women and children out 573 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 1: of the way so they could be safe. And there 574 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 1: were plenty of heroes as well. Yes, this is a 575 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: famous thing. The band played on. The band actually did 576 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,959 Speaker 1: do that. While the lifeboats were getting loaded and shoving off. 577 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,880 Speaker 1: The band did play on. Now, the bands actually stopped 578 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,719 Speaker 1: playing once all the lifeboats were gone. People think they 579 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,759 Speaker 1: just played till they sunk into the water. That's not true. 580 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 1: They packed everything up and if some of them were found, 581 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,319 Speaker 1: they found them later with their instruments strapped on them. 582 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: They found them dead in the water. The band played 583 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: into the lifeboats were gone. Something else you have to 584 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: know about these shipwrecks and ship disasters, and this applies 585 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,799 Speaker 1: to all of them, not just Titanic. It applies to 586 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: the Navy ships that go down. It applies to everything. 587 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: Something we don't think about on ships is all the 588 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:21,720 Speaker 1: heavy stuff in them that can move. When a ship 589 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: begins to list, when a ship begins to sink, we 590 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,840 Speaker 1: don't think could. Probably we don't want to think about 591 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 1: all the people crushed to death, about all the people smashed, 592 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,320 Speaker 1: all the people who had this fall from this shelf, 593 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 1: this piano, move this, move here, breaking this leg stuck here. 594 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:49,759 Speaker 1: It's just a terrible, terrible situation. Now, as Titanic goes 595 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:54,280 Speaker 1: into the water, they actually tried to also send Morse 596 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,719 Speaker 1: code to that ship, the Californian, Remember the Californian. The 597 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 1: Californian is famous because it's considered sometimes the mystery ship. 598 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 1: It wasn't a mystery ship. We know exactly what it is. 599 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: They sent Morrise code to the Californian. Well again, back 600 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 1: to the all time bad luck. I won't nerd out 601 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 1: on the scientific details of it for you here, but 602 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: just no, because of the temperatures and the warm air 603 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,120 Speaker 1: and then the cold air, the Californian couldn't quite make 604 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,799 Speaker 1: out what was being said. They couldn't see it. They 605 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: couldn't make out the distance. Now, another thing about the Californian. 606 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,640 Speaker 1: They had run into ice too. They were scared of it. 607 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,160 Speaker 1: They decided they were going to wait until daylight to 608 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,719 Speaker 1: come see what the problem was with this ship. It 609 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,359 Speaker 1: wasn't really an act of cowardice. They didn't know how 610 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,560 Speaker 1: bad it was the captain of that ship. It should 611 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: be noted, regretted it till the day he died. Of course, 612 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:50,239 Speaker 1: of course, Now couple cool stories. I believe these are 613 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:55,360 Speaker 1: actually depicted in the movies, But couple cool stories. Once 614 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:59,839 Speaker 1: the lifeboats were gone, some men went down and put 615 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: on their best clothing, and they dressed up, and they 616 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,040 Speaker 1: went to the drinking room where they smoked cigars and 617 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:09,359 Speaker 1: drank brandy until they died. Priests aboard the ship, at 618 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 1: least one that I know of, begin gathering people around 619 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:18,920 Speaker 1: taking confession. I already mentioned what the band did, but 620 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 1: I do as we come towards the end of our 621 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:26,279 Speaker 1: story here, I do want to point something out that 622 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:31,799 Speaker 1: story from the beginning. That's something real families went through, 623 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 1: the whole family sitting inside, scared, getting ready to die. 624 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,080 Speaker 1: The reason so many more third class passengers died than 625 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,440 Speaker 1: first class was one, the first class passengers were up 626 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 1: close to the lifeboats, so they got to the lifeboats first. 627 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,960 Speaker 1: And two, remember the third class ones were the ones 628 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 1: who were immigrating. You don't just immigrate by yourself, you 629 00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:56,080 Speaker 1: immigrate with your family, and so many chose to die 630 00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:01,560 Speaker 1: together as a family, so they would sit there, mother, father, 631 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:07,120 Speaker 1: big families too, several sons, several daughters, sitting there in 632 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 1: the ship waiting to die. What's that like? What was 633 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,319 Speaker 1: it like when and this did happen? What was it 634 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: like when the power finally went out in the dead 635 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 1: of night. Now you're sitting there in the dark with 636 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,080 Speaker 1: the screams and the cries and the anguish, and you know, 637 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: you know what's waiting for you. Death, of course is 638 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,280 Speaker 1: waiting for you, but death in water that is below freezing. 639 00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,840 Speaker 1: Not just death and water that's below freezing, and in 640 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,360 Speaker 1: the dark, death and water that's below freezing, and in 641 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:49,920 Speaker 1: the dark, with your loved ones right beside you, dying 642 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:55,840 Speaker 1: with you. I don't think we can probably tell the story, 643 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,880 Speaker 1: the tragic story of the Titanic enough, because it is 644 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:03,759 Speaker 1: so trapped chick. But again to what I was, what 645 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,440 Speaker 1: I've been saying the whole time. I looked into it 646 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 1: a lot, and I just think it's maybe one of 647 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:17,319 Speaker 1: the world's worst cases of accidents happen. That's all