Why fascination over Titanic still exists more than 100 years later

WBZ-TV's Chris Tanaka spoke with spoke with Titanic historian Kate Gilbert about the public's fascination.

[TheLyricsGuy]

I think it’s the fact that it was the “unsinkable ship” and it literally sunk on its FIRST voyage.

[AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

0:20 That's Titanic's sister Olympic on her own maiden voyage in 1911.

[mrtulua]

It is sad this historian does not believe in eye-witness accounts. They were there. Each person who survived would have a different account due to where they were in a life raft. Although they would be quite different, but there is one thing the historian cannot say; she cannot say she was there at the time of the sinking. She see's what happened after. I believe the accounts of the survivors are equally as important. It was a tragic time and to dismiss them as not being 'credible' is one who is careless in their remarks.

[therantman]

Rather ironic considering the titanic sank with some of the wealthiest men at the time who opposed the creation of the federal reserve... ship sank fed was created

[fartemisfartmallow]

I don’t understand how you can’t throw flowers on the water, miles above it, but you can drop down in a capsule and bump it and go all close to it and sht…..????

[annpetersen]

The Titanic is definitely fascinating, but $250, 000 and a huge risk that it could be a one way trip? Pass

[Jimmyprice]

Curiosity killed the cat.... And a sub full of spectators...

[fhiqwbw]

No one was even thinking of the Titanic until this submarine disaster.

[ravenillusion]

National geographic made a doc (2yrs back) about manned sub looking for Guggenheim estate rooms. Basically valuable jewelry.

[kevinbratcher]

Do you really need MSM to explain why there is fascination for the Titanic?

[hueyfreeman]

250K to see a boat that sunk over a hundred years ago? I just don’t get it?

[izzywizzy]

What I find most interesting is that the great great granddaughter of the 2 most wealthiest people that died on the Titanic is an executive for the company who created the sub.
I saw a documentary that pointed out that the boat sitting on the bottom of the ocean doesn’t match to the Titanic but it does match the Olympic so I decided to do some digging of my own and I think it’s right actually. They looked almost identical, they were both in dry dock together, the Olympic had been in an accident previously which was the reason it was in dry dock and comparing pictures of the ship sitting on the bottom of the ocean to the Olympic verses the Titanic, I really do believe the boat sitting down there is the Olympic. There are documentaries that go over the details in great length if not on YT definitely on other platforms. I was very skeptical when I heard about the switch but as I mentioned, I did my own digging which I invite others to do as well.
I’ve come to realize it really is easier to fool some people then it is to convince them they’ve been fooled unfortunately. Just questioning things or theorizing these days is completely shunned which is nuts to me. We only know what we think we know because it’s what were told and taught to believe but what if it really isn’t the truth?!

[hugovaldez]

There was a tiny ass window above the toilet seat that you could look into darkness. My understanding is that they would mainly use the monitors inside to view the ship. What’s the point of that? Why put yourself in danger when you can just watch documentaries on your couch. Or if you have that much money build your own remote control sub with a GoPro. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[franceshernandez-nkul]

" Because there's gold in them thar hills". Billionaires. Money is the only motivation.

[carlosrobles]

❤😢 MY CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY'S AND FRIENDS.

[edgemonsiteworksllc]

2 unsinkable vessels sunk in the same place with nearly identical names

[armanidavenport]

Please make me understand why your life is worth going 13, 000 ft under water to see a sunken ship thats been down there for decades and you seen the movie read all the books, whats left about this story that would mske you take your son down there and risk lives to say "we went down in a submersible to see the titanic" ...smh...just dont get it when theres so much more things ti do on the surface of our planet...smh again

[facehunter]

I’ve been thinking the Death Tube is stuck under a part of the Titanic and they don’t wanna try an impossible recovery. Damaging the Titanic for something they can’t pull off.

[izzywizzy]

I’ve watched so many documentaries on the Titanic at this point and I know since the boat is a whopping 2.5 miles under water that’s it’s been very hard or dangerous to get manned vessels to it. Why would anyone want to take that type of risk?! So sad nonetheless but I’d rather die instantly then suffer suffocating to death. I read that even if it had surfaced they would not have been able to get out anyways because it could not be opened from the inside which is crazy. No thank you not even for free.

[mahfugga]

Nobody's fascinated but rich people lacking common sense.