The Ship Split
The ship famously split in two when it began to sink into the ocean. It only took 15 minutes for the ship to end up on the ocean floor. It sank so quickly that it made an impact crater on the seafloor where it landed. The decks collapsed on top of one another.
George Washington Vanderbilt II
George Washington Vanderbilt II was the grandson of the famous Cornelius Vanderbilt of the Vanderbilt fortune. He was scheduled to travel on the Titanic and even had a ticket, but his sister-in-law convinced him not to go due to issues that ships have on their maiden voyages.
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