The Titanic by Kate Messner
Author:Kate Messner [Messner, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2021-04-06T00:00:00+00:00
ABOUT THOSE LIFE JACKETS
Most of the people who ended up in the water when the Titanic went down were wearing life jackets. The ship had no shortage of those. They were filled with cork, and the crew had even given a safety talk on how to use them. But a life jacket keeping you afloat in icy water doesnât protect you from the cold.
To get some sense for how cold the water of the North Atlantic was that night, fill a big bowl with ice cubes, add water, and swish it around for a minute. Now plunge your hand into the water and hold it there for a few seconds. Painful, isnât it? Imagine trying to swim with your whole body immersed in that painful, frigid water. You wouldnât last long.
The night of the Titanic disaster, the water was only twenty-eight degrees. At that temperature, a person would be exhausted or unconscious within just fifteen minutes and dead less than half an hour later. Life jackets simply werenât enough, and many of the Titanicâs victims died from the cold.
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