20 Lifeboats, Each a Poetic Story

A lifeboat from the Titanic, about to be picked up by the R.M.S. Carpathia. To mark the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the City Room comment stalwart known as Lifeboat No. 6 has bestowed upon us a mini-epic: a long, traditional-form haiku of 20...

Titanic Passenger – Sara Roth

My Great Grandmother was Sara Roth. She and Captain Smith had established a friendship aboard ship. It was due to him we believe she survived. She states ” Sara Roth” that captain Smith got her onto on of the last life boats before the water ran aboard. We...

The Myths of the Titanic

Recently I was watching a special on the History Channel dispelling some of the myths surrounding the tragedy. They had both historians and direct descendants of the passagers and crew supplying interviews. Much of this is hearsay, but these are the statements they...