Posted: 4/9/2012 3:23:52 PM EDT
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So I was watching the Titanic 100yrs on Nat Geo.
I was thinking about all the stuff left behind down there and how all the leather and things have survived. Being 2 miles down and all and so cold. There is never any mention of bodies that may be there. I know probably most had life vests on and were on the surface but there had to be someone trapped in the lower decks. Did the same bactiria that is eating the metal of the ship eat the bodies also? Would there be at least skelatons left? Or is there never a mention of this to try to be respectful of the dead and not to disturb or take photos that the public would see. |
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I read somewhere years ago that cold, salt water dissolves bones (After the critters are done with them). That's what I heard on an interview the other day. Apparently there are areas in the debris field littered with pairs of shoes- all that's left of the bodies. |
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Robert Ballard, when he first found the wreck, commented on this, but from a different angle.
He knew when he got back to Woods Hole, there would be a press circus for all he recorded and he wanted to avoid that. He was operating under USN rules which stated that any evidence of human remains in a wreck made the recordings top secret until it can be determined otherwise. The recordings showed two matched boots on the bottom and he knew they didn't get there, that way, unless the body went down in them. After the decades, however, the body had been dissolved, decomposed. But the boots were enough, at least for him, for there to be doubt, so he declared the possibility of human remains, the safe combinations were changed, and all the footage was declared top secret until it could be determined otherwise. Long story short: yes there were bodies originally in the wreck, but they are long gone now. ____________________________________________________________________ ("I gave him the boot."––007 after sending the heavy into oblivion with his shoe, (w,stte), "The Living Daylights") |
| I saw photos from Dr. Ballards first expedition to the Titanic and one of the photos was of a mans pair of boots just laying on the deck of the ship. That was pretty sobering in itself. If any of you get a chance to see the traveling Titanic display, I strongly recommend going. To see all those items they salvaged was very intersting and really drove home what a tragedy the sinking was. |
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I saw photos from Dr. Ballards first expedition to the Titanic and one of the photos was of a mans pair of boots just laying on the deck of the ship. That was pretty sobering in itself. If any of you get a chance to see the traveling Titanic display, I strongly recommend going. To see all those items they salvaged was very intersting and really drove home what a tragedy the sinking was. I saw the titanic exhibit when it was here many years ago. In the gift shop they sold pieces of coal from the boliers recovered from the sea floor in various sizes smaller than typical charcoal briquetts. It seemed like a worthless trinket at the time, but nowI regret not buying one . I highly recommend seeing the exhibit as well. |