welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in st. john s, newfoundland. titanic set out from here traveling 400 miles to the site of the title 42 for a ten-hour journey two miles below the ocean surface to explore the wreckage. there were five people onboard. less than two hours after their descent they stopped communicating with the parent ship. the u.s. navy detected a sound that could have been an implosion in area and reportedly forwarded that information to the incident commander. that was not released publicly. if the titan was still in act, rescuers needed to find it quickly because it had 96 hours of oxygen onboard. over the next hour, step by step through the five-day search for missing submersible, everything we know about what happened to the titan and its passengers, the risks of going so far down into the ocean and the warnings that had been raised about the titan submersible. just into cnn, a deep sea search and rescue mission with life-or-death con
[music playing] narrator: the sinking on its first crossing created the most extraordinary sense of loss and reversal of fortune. people did think titanic was unsinkable, and yet it would end up at the bottom of the sea. it s very haunting. and you think of that staircase lying fathoms deep, when only a few hours before beautiful women in their garments had been parading down it. guggenheim asked the people at the time dreamt of leading their lives. they were so glamorous and marvelous. and suddenly there they were in the icy sea. it sort of shakes you. and i think that titanic going down shook the western world. [theme music] hello. and welcome to how it really happened. i m jesse l. martin. the final calls for help from titanic revealed the distress of the ship s last moments afloat. first, cannot last much longer, then losing power. finally, just before the ship went down, come quick. who on the ship will survive the titanic disaster? and how will they be saved? toni
victor vescovo: only a very few number of people have actually been to titanic, less than 50. [dramatic music] you had a lot of mystery about why it went down so quickly, who survived, and who didn t. it s a fascinating story, but people should not risk their lives to see this wreck at 4,000 meters. that is not a normal thing to do. [suspenseful music] it simply is adding to the intrigue of the titanic that 100 years later, it s still leading people to their death. [dramatic music] hello. and welcome to how it really happened. i m jesse l. martin. the rms titanic sank to the frigid depths of the atlantic over a century ago, but america s fascination with the ill-fated wreck never gets old because there is always something new. within the last 40 years, amazing advances in science and technology have led to brilliant new discoveries and uncovered hidden secrets. tonight, we look into how the very latest titanic learning upends our previous thinking about the ship s mysteries a
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so my foot slides into place mind blown only a very few number of people have actually been to time my tannic less than 50 you had a lot of mystery about why you went down so eople should not risk their lives to see this wreck at 4,000 meters. that is not a normal thing to do. [suspenseful music] it simply is adding to the intrigue of the titanic that 100 years later, it s still leading people to their death. [dramatic music] hello. and welcome to how it really happened. i m jesse l. martin. the rms titanic sank to the frigid depths of the atlantic over a century ago, but america s fascination with the ill-fated wreck never gets old because there is always something new. within the last 40 years, amazing advances in science and technology have led to brilliant new discoveries and uncovered hidden secrets. tonight, we look into how the very latest titanic learning upends our previous thinking about the ship s mysteries and myths and, sadly, a recent underwater voyage to the wr