1. The Titanic
Olivia Jackson
November 2, 2012

2. The Titanic was a British passenger cruise ship. During Titanic's
construction, 246 injuries were recorded, 28 of them "severe",
such as arms severed by machines or legs crushed under falling
pieces of steel. Six people died on the ship herself while she was
being constructed and fitted out and another two died in the

3. The Event & The Adversity
• The Titanic was a British
passenger cruise ship that
sank in the North Atlantic
Ocean on April 15 1912 after
crashing into an iceberg from
Southampton, UK to New
York City. It sank because it’s
Captain Edward Smith was
not paying attention and hit
the iceberg that killed 1,502
people.

4. The Tradegy of People &
Adversity
Although many died but there were those that survived.
“ The passe ng e rs o n the Titanic have be co me as infamo us as
the sinking o f the ship itse lf. While the trag ic sinking wo uld
have no do ubt be e n me t with sho ck, the trag e dy was
manife ste d by larg e numbe r o f first class and no table Titanic
passe ng e rs who pe rishe d in the ship's disaste r. The re we re
2228 pe o ple o n bo ard o f the Titanic, 337 in first class, 28 5
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se co nd class, 7 21 in third class and 8 8 5 cre w me mbe rs. ”

5. Perseverance
While the world is often taken
with the stories of the famous
passengers on the Titanic, there
were also hundreds of second and
third class passengers who also
perished with the ship. These poor
souls were at an unfortunate
advantage due to the fact that ship
did not carry enough lifeboats for
all the people in the Titanic!

6. Perseverance
• The Captain
demonstrated
perseverance by
staying on the
ship and help his
passengers
finding safety on
the life boats and
calling for help
to put the other
passengers on
another ship.

7. “ Of the 2,228 passengers and
crewmembers
who set sail, only 705 Titanic
passengers
survived.”
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facts.com/passengers-on-the-
titanic.html

8. “ Since its discovery, the wreck of Titanic has been
revisited numerous times by explorers, scientists,
filmmakers, tourists and salvagers, who have recovered
thousands of items from the debris field for conservation
and public display. The ship's condition has deteriorated
significantly in recent years, partly due to accidental
damage caused by submersibles but mainly because of
an accelerating rate of growth of iron-eating bacteria on
Crosbie, Duncan; has been estimated that within Dre ams. New York, NY:
the hull. It Mortimer, Sheila (2006). Titanic: The Ship o f the next 50
Orchard Books.hull and structure of Titanic will collapse
years the