14 YEARS BEFORE THE TITANIC SET OUT ACROSS THE FRIGID ATLANTIC ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE, AN ASPIRING WRITER,MORGAN ROBERTSON, TURNED OUT A STORY TITLED, FUTILITY (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WRECK OF THE TITAN).THE STORY WAS ABOUT THE GRANDEST SHIP OF THE TIME SINKING IN THE ATLANTIC ON ITS VOYAGE TO AMERICA, WITH A HUGE LOSS OF LIFE. IN RETROSPECT, SOME CLAIM THAT ROBERTSON SOMEHOW WAS ABLE TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE AND RECORDED THE EVENTS HE SAW, WITH THE BOOK BEING TESTAMENT TO THAT. OTHERS WOULD ARGUE THAT GIVEN THE FREQUENCY OF OVER SEAS TRAVEL AT THE TIME, AN ACCIDENT OF SUCH MAGNITUDE, HORRENDOUS AS IT IS/WAS, WAS STATISTICALLY LIKELY AND INEVITABLE. EVEN IF THE BOOK IS NOTHING MORE THAN A WORK OF FICTION, THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE WRECK OF THE TITAN AND THE ACTAUL EVENTS OF THE TITANIC ARE IF ANYTHING.... EERIE. LETS TAKE A LOOK.
NAMES: TITAN VS TITANIC (BOTH SHIPS DEEMED UNSINKABLE)
LENGTH: 800FT VS 882FT
TOP SPEED: 23K VS 25K
# OF LIFEBOATS: 24 VS 20 (BOTH HAD LESS THAN HALF REQUIRED AMOUNT)
PASSENGERS: 2500 VS 2207
PLACE OF SINKING: NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN VS NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (BOTH 400 MILES FROM TERRANOVA)
MONTH OF SINKING: APRIL VS APRIL
HOW IT SANK: SANK AFTER HITTING AN ICEBURG VS SANK AFTER HITTING AN ICEBURG
THE EVENTS ARE FAR FROM IDENTICAL, BUT VERY SIMILAR, ENOUGH TO DRAW ATTENTION AND SAY WOW, WHAT AN ODD COINCIDENCE............. OR DID HE SEE THE FUTURE?
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