Could anyone have been alive inside of the Titanic after she sank?

In this video we take a look at the science behind the Titanic sinking and we discuss if it would of been possible for some people to have still been alive inside of the ship briefly after the Titanic sank.

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Implosion video

[Reignor]

Imagine suffering such a terrifying fate, and then a century later someone explains the science of it with calming music in the background.

[neojso]

The guy who survived 3 whole damn days in total darkness deserves another video

[colemarie]

Ok, just imagine being that recovery diver for a minute.
You're looking for dead bodies, underwater, in total silence, in a pitch black a freaking HAND pops out and grabs you.

Holy hell.

[SteveAubrey]

On 07 December 1941, at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, the USS Oklahoma capsized after multiple torpedo hits. There was no way to get to the men that had been at their action stations deep below the decks. The men were heard banging on the bulkheads, so they knew there were live sailors trapped.
Months later, in 1942, salvage operations began at Pearl Harbour, but the Oklahoma was considered at total loss.
Apparently, divers entered the ship, and found a large air pocket in the engine rooms.The men were all dead . Found among them was a calendar with 'X's counting the days till they would be rescued. The last 'X' was 23 December 1941. So it took 16 horrific days for those abandoned men to die. Jeez.

[Woody]

"Wouldn't have suffered" except for the terror of being in pitch black, freezing water rising in your air pocket, and knowing the boat is sinking.

[julianomartins]

Imagine the feeling of being trapped inside an air pocket on the Titanic's stern for 30 seconds after the final plunge, in a complete dark room, realizing (by the fall of the structure and the awful noises it must've made) that the section broke free from the bow and everything is already underwater making its way to the bottom. Then, in a second, the whole thing implodes with you. Dude, it's terrible. I can't even imagine the terror that those who couldn't escape from the stern's interior must have experienced while sinking and being torn apart with the ship's structure.

[fedzalicious]

The story of the guy that survived in the air pocket is terrifying. I imagine it would have been pretty terrifying for the diver that found him too.

[BlackGryphn]

In order for an implosion to have occurred, there had to have been areas of the stern where the water couldn't leak in fast enough to equalize the pressure, and quite possibly didn't leak in at all... So many of those who died in the implosion may not have even gotten wet before they passed away... hundreds of feet underwater.

[Solar_Corpus]

Even if there were air pockets, I think we forget that the water was absolutely freezing. They would’ve died of hypothermia pretty quickly. Even stuck in a dark air pocket.

[videojeff]

Wow, the survivors of the Titanic actually felt and even heard the implosion. I didn't even know that would be possible. Always learning something new. Thanks.

[judidoyle]

My grandfather survived in an airpocket when his carrier was torpedoed in the Pacific during WWII.

[diontaedaughtry]

The man in the air pocket for 3 days had the greatest luck ever. Just thinking about that gives me the chills.

[The_DC_Kid]

I have a feeling some people on Titanic couldn't stand the thought of jumping overboard just to freeze in the ocean and they preferred to stay dry and relatively warm as long as possible even though they knew it probably wouldn't be long until they drowned in their cabin. What a living nightmare to endure that was, especially for someone traveling with their children; a truly horrific "last experience" on Earth that ended with the entire family dead. What would a parent tell their children as they waited to drown?

[JLCosslett]

But those few seconds as the ship descends must have been terrifying... My word... It is truly horrifying to think about.

[professorstratios]

“They wouldn’t have suffered”.

Apart from all that suffering they did before they died.

[Donaldtrummp]

"They wouldn't have suffered"
Idk sitting in a boat that i know is going down while in a room with ice cold water pouring in & no life boat in sight sounds like suffering

[johnstudd]

I have been a Titanic buff since I was a young kid, after reading a book and watching the 1953 movie. I have also met a Titanic survivor. It was approx 1970 and I was about 10 years old and I went to the hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan with my parents to visit one of my grandparents who was Admitted there. I don't remember all the details or the persons name, but at some point I was introduced to an old woman in a wheel chair, whom I was told that she was a Titanic survivor. I think I talked to her for a minute or 2 and asked her a few questions. That was one of those childhood memories that you never forget.

[mrdumbfellow]

That dude's family must have been so happy to find out he was still alive after 3 days of assuming he was gone forever!

[bigdogthe]

I can't believe he didn't die of stress and panic, how in the hell did he manage to stay calm for 3 days.

[Zorro]

Love the calming music while casually talking about hundreds of people dying.