Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Experience Titanic - written by Bianca

On Sunday we went to San Francisco to go to the TITANIC exhibit. We purchased our tickets downstairs and took the elevator to the fourth floor. When we got upstairs, we were greeted by a man who gave us a telephone to use for the audio part of the tour. We saw a model of Titanic, and I took a picture next to it, we couldn't take pictures inside the exhibit. We got in line to board TITANIC, the lady gave us our boarding passes I was Mrs.Samuel L. Goldenburg(Nella Wiggens)while we were walking through the first 2 sections I saw a pair of glasses,a beaded coin purse and money all from Titanic. After that we walked through the hallway of first class passengers also we walked by the grand staircase(it was grand). I was a first class passenger so I saw what it looked like on the ship then we went to see the dinning area they had menus and had cooking ware from the ship after we went down to see third class cabins they were really small also we saw the compartments were the medal doors were shut. Now at 2:30a.m. the ship was gone in the icy water. They had a huge iceburg for us to touch, it was freezing cold, I couldn't imagine the water. In the next room there were a pair of shoes that belonged to a rich man. They had a big wall that had your name on it to see if you survived or died. My mom and me lived but my dad died the richest man on the ship was John Jacob Astor yet he died but his wife Madilene Astor survived . 183 first class people died 293 second class died 536 third class people died and 636 crew members died. I now hope that you don't just think of Titanic as only a ship but as a memorable story of how many people lost there lives so if you go to the Atlantic Ocean leave the greatest and grandest ship of all time in peace and harmony.

4 comments:

  1. Hats off to Bianca, this is a nice write up!!

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  2. Anonymous11:50 AM

    Wow Bianca! I'm so jealous! I can't wait to hear more about it. Too bad you couldn't take pictures inside, but it sounds very realistic and an experience to remember.

    Were you surprised at what you saw?

    So, where did the richest man in the world's money end up?

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  3. That was awesome Bianca and you're right "the greatest and grandest ship" should be left in peace and harmony. Did you know that Dr. Ballard, the man who discovered the Titanic wreak, regrets not claiming it? If he would've claimed it under maritime law, nobody would've been able to take any of the artifacts off the ship without his permission. He didn't know that people would come back and take things off the ship and damage the ship more.

    You are one smart Cookie!

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  4. Anonymous3:26 PM

    Bianca, your experiance sounds so cool! It has made me want to go and see it - thanx for sharing.

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