Saturday 7 August 2021

I Had To Read This Twice,

'ice from the Titanic injures three people"


yes real ice from the Titanic broke off of the wall and injured the Titanic museum goers, the iceberg wall at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, collapsed injuring three visitors on Monday, August 2, 2021, luckily none of the guests were fatally injured, the half-scale replica of the Titanic hitting an iceberg is a main feature of the Titanic Museum Attraction, in a message posted on social media, the owners of the attraction stated, “Our iceberg wall collapsed and injured three guests, who were taken to the hospital. At this time, we do not know the extent of their injuries, and our thoughts and prayers continue to be with all those who were affected, including the first-responders.” the museum closed following the accident on August 2 but was reopened to ticketed visitors on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Although the museum opened back up the next day, it was without the iceberg wall. Since the accident, the affected area has been blocked off, and museum officials estimate it will take at least four weeks for the iceberg wall to be completely rebuilt to its original size,

the ice wall in question was approximately 15 feet by 28 feet (4.6 meters by 8.5 meters). The large wall was made out of real ice, and visitors were allowed to touch the ice block to better understand what the elements in the Atlantic were like on that fateful night in April 1912. The ice block was created using a water filtration system, despite the accident, visitors go to the Pigeon Force Titanic Museum Attraction to immerse themselves in history. Guests of the Titanic Museum Attraction receive boarding passes with the names of actual passengers and crew members onboard the original Titanic. The 400-piece collection is valued at over four and a half million dollars. Not only were visitors able to touch the iceberg before the accident, but they also can stick their hands in 28-degree water (the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean the night the Titanic sank) to see how long they can last before pulling their hand out, the Museum also offers visitors the opportunity to walk a replica of the Grand Staircase, learn how to send an SOS distress signal, and sit in a true-to-size lifeboat, it seems like quite a neat museum, I especially like the idea of putting your hand in the 28 degree water to feel how cold it is, having done something similar I know it is incredibly painful.


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