Coverage of Titanic set tone for fascination with disasters

Epic disasters - the anguished cries, the stories of heroism - are the central narratives of our age, both enthralling and horrifying. And our obsession began a century ago, unfolding in just 160 terrifying minutes, on a supposedly unsinkable shi...

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