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In the wake of the Titanic sinking disaster, I can only imagine what my, then, 20-year-old maternal grandmother pondered regardingsuch a...
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Women and Children First? The Wishful Thinking of 'Titanic' Dynamics

With the revitalization of Titanic 3D in theaters recently, we reinscribe visions of romantic yesteryears - when women were pretty pets of rich men...
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'Costa Concordia' shipwreck photographed from space

Over the past few days, Italy and the world has been abuzz over the Costa Concordia shipwreck and the tale of two captains: Italian Coast Guard...
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Why did Capt. Francesco Schettino abandon the Costa Concordia?

Questions remain as to why Capt. Francesco Schettino, who is under house arrest in Italy, did not stay on board the Costa Concordia, the Italian...
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Italian cruise ship runs aground: Death, missing tolls rise, Americans missing

ITALY --Rescue operations resumed Monday in Italy in hopes of finding those who remain missing after the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized...
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Captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship jailed, blamed for accident & deaths

ITALY --Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia that ran aground Friday, was arrested and is being detained on charges of manslaughter,...
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35th Anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald - video

A great storm in 1975 sank the Edmund Fitzgerald.It was an ore carrier and was in service for a little over seventeen years when it was lost in a...
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