I am fascinated by some of the details of the story. Much of the loss of life was due to most people (at the time) not knowing how to swim. Also, the life vests were evidently not in working condition having become decrepit over the years. And there is speculation that the heavy wool clothing of the era also contributed. Interesting since this was a summertime day trip. I guess my point is that life has significantly since then. Most of us can swim, and in June most of us would be wearing light clothing, and all of us benefit from much stricter transportation regulations than a hundred years ago.
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There is a monument to the people who died outside the Synagogue on 6th street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.
As always, incompetent leadership is rewarded with pardons and light sentences while the rest drown or burn.
I am fascinated by some of the details of the story. Much of the loss of life was due to most people (at the time) not knowing how to swim. Also, the life vests were evidently not in working condition having become decrepit over the years. And there is speculation that the heavy wool clothing of the era also contributed. Interesting since this was a summertime day trip. I guess my point is that life has significantly since then. Most of us can swim, and in June most of us would be wearing light clothing, and all of us benefit from much stricter transportation regulations than a hundred years ago.
That is a sad and gruesome and infuriating event.
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