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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On April 16, 1912, shocked survivors of the Titanic made their way to New York aboard the rescue ship, RMS Carpathia, and news of the tragedy began to spread around the world. Congress and the British Board of Trade both launched investigations into maritime safety regulations, seeking justice for the 1,500 victims of the disaster.

As years went by, the public’s fascination with the event only grew, and explorers began to search for the wreckage of the Titanic, hoping to solve its most enduring mysteries.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and
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0:09.7	We're excited to announce that American History Tellers legacy season, The Space Race, is now available in full video on the American History Tellers YouTube channel.
0:19.5	Relive the fierce competition between superpowers and witness history as it unfolds in a whole new way.
0:25.6	Subscribe to the American History Tellers channel on YouTube and let us know what you think. Imagine it's the afternoon of April 16th, 1912. You're a newspaper reporter on
0:49.9	on board the RMS Carpathia. You and your wife had been headed to Italy for a vacation
0:55.0	when the Carpathia stopped to pick up survivors of the Titanic which sank early yesterday morning.
1:01.0	Now the Carpathia is headed back to New York. Its deck and corridors
1:05.2	crowded with shell-shocked survivors, most of them women and children. Many are in tears.
1:10.4	You realize this story could be the biggest scoop of your career. You have to try and learn
1:16.0	more about what happened. So in the lounge area you see a woman sitting alone on a couch wrapped in a
1:22.2	blanket and shivering. You approach and
1:24.8	introduce yourself. Hello, madam. I'm a reporter from St. Louis and I just
1:29.5	happened to be on this ship with my wife. I'm trying to find out what happened. First though, are you all right?
1:35.7	The woman shrugs and slides over to make room on the couch. You look around to make sure the
1:40.8	captain isn't nearby. Earlier he prevented you from sending a wireless message to your editors in New York.
1:46.0	He warned you not to bother any of the Titanic survivors and even confiscated your notebook.
1:51.0	But you're determined to get the story.
1:54.2	So you pull out your pen and a few paper napkins.
1:57.2	Can you tell me what happened?
1:58.8	I think they're gone.
2:00.4	We jumped off together, but I lost them.
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