Ocean Floor Creepy Bodies Titanic
Some titanic experts say a powerful storm the night of the wreck scattered the life jacketed passengers in a 50 mile wide area so it s likely the bodies scattered across the seafloor.
Ocean floor creepy bodies titanic. Titanic site reveals hints of human remains. They all went down with the ship and all were recognized for their heroism. 6 the musicians aboard the titanic played music to calm the passengers as the ship sank. In 1986 congress passed a protective law known as the r m s.
With a three man submarine ballard and others went down to the wreck and began taking pictures of her rusting hulk. The rms titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years and the ship that was once a picture of luxury was found in the process of being swallowed up by the ocean floor and ravaged. For over 70 years the titanic sat on the bottom of the ocean waiting for man to find her again. The titanic broke in half and sank to the ocean floor at about 2 20 am on april 15 1912.
Titanic memorial act but officials at the ocean agency and elsewhere agree that it has no teeth in 2004 the united states france. Finally on september 1 1985 an ocean explorer by the name of robert ballard discovered her again. When the rms titanic sunk in 1912 the grand ship took with her over 1500 people. The titanic s last lifeboat.
A photograph depicting what a federal official claims to be human remains entombed in the mud surrounding the rms titanic s wreckage site has been released in its full form to the public for the first time saturday in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking the associated press reports. Of the over 1 500 people who died when titanic sank only 337 bodies were recovered. While certain underwater environmental conditions can preserve bodies the sea floor is not conducive to this process.