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  • National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard discovered the Titanic and wants to preserve the most famous ship in history from plunder and decay.
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  • @bryanmanduley6307
    @bryanmanduley6307 Před 9 lety +2496

    Rip to all those people who died on April 15, 1912.... You are not forgotten in our hearts.

    • @nicolehicklinn4945
      @nicolehicklinn4945 Před 9 lety +18

      +Bryan Manduley that is sweet

    • @superjesuschrist7980
      @superjesuschrist7980 Před 8 lety +18

      +Bryan Manduley sweet indeed. rip to those who perished.

    • @airguntherapy8665
      @airguntherapy8665 Před 8 lety +14

      +Bryan Manduley Among was the dead were very rich men who were opposed to the Federal Reserve, founded a year later.

    • @judithmarielivingston2294
      @judithmarielivingston2294 Před 8 lety +4

      +Strix Nostre They are in heaven or hell.

    • @Pauly144
      @Pauly144 Před 7 lety +11

      Yazole That's part of a conspiracy theory which I think is very true. I think the death of Titanic was planned as well as the limited amount of life boats and life jackets. Only women and children were the first to be saved. That left the men waiting on the ship. The titanic was the rich men's grave.

  • @Vladpryde
    @Vladpryde Před 8 lety +2885

    Wow! I had no idea that skeletons will not remain at that depth. I always wondered if there were skeletons down there; I guess that answers my question.

    • @Willysmb44
      @Willysmb44 Před 8 lety +302

      Yeah, I'd also wondered why I never heard of someone encountering a skeleton at the site of the Titanic. God, that's so creepy seeing those shoes, knowing there was body there. No wonder Ballard is pushing for preservation of the site.

    • @Naotechd_Out
      @Naotechd_Out Před 8 lety +77

      There's your answer. Shallow Water, not the depths of two miles, shallow water.

    • @Naotechd_Out
      @Naotechd_Out Před 8 lety +13

      Even more correct

    • @orientlover1
      @orientlover1 Před 8 lety +71

      Skeletons are found in wardrobes but not at depths of 12500 feet for the last 104 years.

    • @orientlover1
      @orientlover1 Před 8 lety +16

      When did the Empress of Ireland sink?

  • @jamesprovost2602
    @jamesprovost2602 Před 7 lety +2427

    I love how they have respect for the sight where the bodies fell.

    • @CosmicTeapot
      @CosmicTeapot Před 7 lety +70

      *site

    • @timpatjoe
      @timpatjoe Před 7 lety +12

      +Son Of Montreal shup

    • @That90sGirl310
      @That90sGirl310 Před 7 lety +29

      * shut up

    • @joannetyler8291
      @joannetyler8291 Před 7 lety +12

      James Provost yes, I wont watch any of the movies...I wont let others capitalize from their deaths.

    • @jamesprovost2602
      @jamesprovost2602 Před 7 lety +4

      +Son Of Montreal seriously stick your grammer up ya ass sorry I didn't spell check ya freak!

  • @austinsimmons4393
    @austinsimmons4393 Před 6 lety +1095

    "You really should not take things from this site."
    I honestly think that was very well said.

    • @victoriaarcturus203
      @victoriaarcturus203 Před 4 lety +29

      Austin Simmons Yet they did took over 5000 Artifacts

    • @mahikashakya
      @mahikashakya Před 3 lety +4

      Yes!!

    • @mahikashakya
      @mahikashakya Před 3 lety +3

      @@victoriaarcturus203 really!?!

    • @doppelbanger5797
      @doppelbanger5797 Před 3 lety +11

      But I want those shoes

    • @BadWolfSilence
      @BadWolfSilence Před 3 lety +28

      I can’t say I understand at what point it becomes archaeology instead of disrespectful to remove dead bodies and such from a site.

  • @nikolatesla1296
    @nikolatesla1296 Před 8 lety +2437

    It really is surreal and eerie at the same time when you think about the way he explains hundreds upon hundreds of bodies raining down to the bottom of the Atlantic. I can't imagine seeing something like that. Can you imagine hundreds of bodies falling out of our skies? That's exactly how it is for whatever lives below the surface.

    • @flyinhawaiian49
      @flyinhawaiian49 Před 8 lety +95

      +Nikola Tesla that was like manna from heaven to the sea creatures.

    • @nikolatesla1296
      @nikolatesla1296 Před 8 lety +11

      flyinhawaiian49
      Manna?

    • @AnnaFresa1
      @AnnaFresa1 Před 8 lety +69

      +Nikola Tesla he means the sweet bread that God sent down from heaven to feed the hungry crowd (according to Bible)

    • @janmaxwell4974
      @janmaxwell4974 Před 8 lety +11

      Nikola tesla is scientist who made the teslas (no joke)

    • @nikolatesla1296
      @nikolatesla1296 Před 8 lety +8

      Jan Maxwell
      What do you mean?

  • @liliarose6890
    @liliarose6890 Před 6 lety +806

    I can't even imagine the horror those people felt

    • @dr.wilfriedhitzler1885
      @dr.wilfriedhitzler1885 Před 3 lety +13

      4000 m deep means 400 bar waterpressure down there.

    • @BeAsTGunmaster1
      @BeAsTGunmaster1 Před 3 lety +17

      Well most went into shock and drowned which they were unaware of what happened so it wasn’t that bad hypothermia on the other hand

    • @masterdevoe2519
      @masterdevoe2519 Před 3 lety +23

      @@BeAsTGunmaster1 that's an assumption, we can't imagine what they experienced.

    • @animeshnaik2345
      @animeshnaik2345 Před 2 lety +5

      British should feel that

    • @Mistro07
      @Mistro07 Před rokem

      @@masterdevoe2519 sure you can, you’re probably ll just not right

  • @mrvaulted8081
    @mrvaulted8081 Před 3 lety +100

    The shoes have a natural position, like someone laying down.

    • @Fan.Of.FanFiction
      @Fan.Of.FanFiction Před 3 lety +29

      That's because they used to be filled with the feet of a dead person, laying down.

    • @lesteveman4462
      @lesteveman4462 Před 2 lety +2

      Maybe watch the video before you comment

    • @ARenae1
      @ARenae1 Před 2 lety +1

      I have always heard that at such depths a human just basically turns to dust due to the pressure .... can someone more knowledgeable please explain how these boots are the way they are ..and being explained the they are .... I would appreciate it 😊

    • @lesteveman4462
      @lesteveman4462 Před 2 lety

      @@ARenae1 thats because there is water in the boots that why it ain’t getting crushed or when the dead body fall down it don’t get crushed because the person drown and then water go in to them

    • @Fan.Of.FanFiction
      @Fan.Of.FanFiction Před 2 lety +1

      Ashli - it's because the boots are filled with water (you're right due to pressure bodies become like dust). Also they are positioned like this because a dead body is like a rag doll and flops down in contorted, unnatural positions.

  • @ENB1968
    @ENB1968 Před 7 lety +867

    "It takes about five years". So by the time we entered WWI in 1917, everyone was gone. Wow...

    • @thehumanvulcanthv5712
      @thehumanvulcanthv5712 Před 6 lety +5

      Eric Beer He said there was not enough calcium at that depth

    • @oshanne
      @oshanne Před 4 lety +32

      ww1 started way before 1917. it ended in 1918.

    • @goop9624
      @goop9624 Před 4 lety +54

      WW1 started in 1914.

    • @goldensun2787
      @goldensun2787 Před 4 lety +40

      @@goop9624 America joined in 1917

    • @midgetwthahacksaw
      @midgetwthahacksaw Před 4 lety +5

      @@goldensun2787 And Titanic sank in 1915. That's three years, not five.
      All the bodies would have been gone in 1920.

  • @TOLSTAKEN
    @TOLSTAKEN Před 10 lety +2838

    R.I.P guy with shoes

    • @kingtyson999
      @kingtyson999 Před 7 lety +124

      Lmao thats sounds funny. I dont know if u said it as a joke but that made me laugh while i was getting all emotional

    • @jaesukpogi
      @jaesukpogi Před 6 lety +25

      TOLSTAKEN lol there is a lot of guy with shoes

    • @noname-wr9ob
      @noname-wr9ob Před 6 lety +4

      Didn't everyone have some shoes?

    • @oldi184
      @oldi184 Před 6 lety +9

      I guess those shoes are not there anymore. Looters and hawks loot stuff from Titanic.
      www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2016/04/14/titanic-artefacts-las-vegas/

    • @antonyroe3084
      @antonyroe3084 Před 6 lety +4

      And the rest

  • @Fuzion180
    @Fuzion180 Před 6 lety +448

    Such a horrific event, the sight of seeing such a huge ship sinking before your eyes and hearing the screams, can only imagine. Then the deathly eerie silence. What an experience. RIP :(

  • @Catssandra13
    @Catssandra13 Před 7 lety +130

    Unlike others who have explored the remains of the Titanic and exploited it, and many who have salvaged the wreck and in the process caused great damage - Dr. Robert Ballard has a deep respect and reverence for what remains of the ship and the victims, and doesn't want to exploit it for personal greed or fame.
    He wants to preserve what is possible.
    I truly admire this man.

  • @VincentLobster
    @VincentLobster Před 7 lety +838

    I'm looking at those boots and keep thinking "Wow, those are some damn good quality boots to have lasted that long down there! They look great!"

    • @ivanov1276
      @ivanov1276 Před 7 lety +32

      Vincent Lobster
      He didn't want to scuff his Nike's

    • @effooo2000
      @effooo2000 Před 6 lety +39

      Leather can't be eaten by deep sea organism

    • @geemale4073
      @geemale4073 Před 6 lety +14

      Itakes you wonder...if that as real ...likely leather..why didn't it decompose?

    • @normathomas8276
      @normathomas8276 Před 6 lety +16

      There was leather shoes still intact of the Mary rose and that was hundreds of years ago

    • @janjames9037
      @janjames9037 Před 6 lety

      Vincent Lobster ok

  • @LiquidCypher
    @LiquidCypher Před 10 lety +834

    Im lost deep in youtubes "related videos" right now

    • @lucafenech269
      @lucafenech269 Před 7 lety +10

      Richard Northrup AHHAAHAAHAHQH sameeeee 😂

    • @crash5922
      @crash5922 Před 6 lety +16

      Brh it's midnight and I have school tomorrow. What am I doing here

    • @taryntino7912
      @taryntino7912 Před 6 lety +7

      I started out watching claw machine wins and ended up here. Wasn't disappointed.

    • @ardithbard857
      @ardithbard857 Před 6 lety +2

      Richard Northrup 4yrs later so am i

    • @timberbee1197
      @timberbee1197 Před 4 lety +2

      same 🤣

  • @jeremyalmquist27
    @jeremyalmquist27 Před 9 lety +76

    Robert Ballard was the ideal person to make this discovery. You can tell he has the up most respect for his work with the Titanic.

    • @jeremyalmquist27
      @jeremyalmquist27 Před 9 lety

      Cool either way

    • @TSideWes805
      @TSideWes805 Před 8 lety

      +Jeremy Almquist Alumni of University of California, Santa Barbara- I like

    • @susanhamptonva4203
      @susanhamptonva4203 Před 3 lety +1

      "utmost" respect. You are forgiven if you are not English speaking.

  • @jenniferkelly5897
    @jenniferkelly5897 Před 8 lety +2667

    They also found the swimming pools with the water still in them.

  • @semillakan6
    @semillakan6 Před rokem +18

    Oh look I just saved myself 250,000 dollars and my life.

  • @kittys2884
    @kittys2884 Před 6 lety +65

    I remember when i was a small child and when i first heard about this for the first time..It does something to you ...you're not the same.. There's a lost.. a sadness that just crawls into your heart ..into you're soul ..you cannot shake it...It's there, its like a whisper, a forgotten voice a cry long gone and yet you still hear .. It's too late now.. You know.. its here the sadness of the forgotten, the cry the lost souls, it's part of you... This is how I remember feeling the first time I heard about the Titanic and I still feel the same way .... I didn't realize this until years after I was married. .. April 14... 19--

  • @MrGetonyourbike
    @MrGetonyourbike Před 10 lety +88

    its amazing how a human body quickly disolves yet they find a playing card still in tact or a pair of boots well they were definately of good quality them boots

  • @Mr101spb
    @Mr101spb Před 4 lety +224

    Imagine those still in the ship as it plummeted! They could survive for a couple of minutes underwater, the feeling would have been insane. It’s complete darkness, they can feel the ship rapidly falling to the bottom of the ocean which meant pressure all over their body, like they were being squished and it also meant the water would have felt more cold as the sank!
    All this while knowing there was no way out 😳

  • @spookypunky
    @spookypunky Před 9 lety +53

    How terrifying. I couldn't even imagine

  • @trailerparkart2429
    @trailerparkart2429 Před rokem +11

    Well the grave has grown recently

  • @adrian102
    @adrian102 Před 8 lety +492

    Hopefully in the future, I would like to go see the Titanic in person. You could pay (not sure how much, must be pricy) to go see it. They'll take you in a submarine and you could see it. The Titanic is going to collapse within the next 50 years due to all the water pressure, I would love to go down and see it some day. RIP.

    • @Bytchy1000
      @Bytchy1000 Před 8 lety +90

      +adrianibarra Please don't. Wreck tourism has destroyed the Titanic. Rich people have paid to go down and the operators of the submarine are extremely careless and caused so much damage.

    • @KatelynDawn
      @KatelynDawn Před 8 lety +87

      +adrianibarra They stopped offering tours in 2012 for good reason.

    • @Karuminu2
      @Karuminu2 Před 8 lety +68

      I read in an old book on famous sunken ships, on one subject on the Britannic, Titanic's sister, they hoped someday in the future they could plant underwater cameras outside and inside the Britannic and people everywhere with Internet access can see the old shipwreck for themselves right at home, similar to what they do with Google satelite cameras. People could see a historical site without paying for a thousand dollar plane ticket and thousands of more dollars for a submarine tour. They wanted to make this a thrilling experience for everyone and not reserved for the rich.
      They have the technology and the motivation. All they need is enough money to make it happen.

    • @adrian102
      @adrian102 Před 8 lety +13

      +Karuminu2 Wow that's really cool! I've never heard of that! Sounds really interesting, but for me, it would be more of an experience to see it personally. Thanks for telling me anyways, gonna look into to :)

    • @Karuminu2
      @Karuminu2 Před 8 lety +10

      +adrianibarra I just looked into it yesterday too on a documentary on the Britannic and it doesn't seem like it's likely to happen after all.
      For some ridiculous reason the the jerks in Greece who claim authority over antiques like the sunken ship won't allow pictures or videos to be taken inside or outside the Britannic. That makes no sense and raises suspicion of there being a hidden conspiracy behind as to what truly caused the Britannic to sink. People to this day are still debating whether it was a torpedo or a mine and we won't ever know the truth unless you want to go to jail for 'breaking the law'.

  • @1aberbeeg
    @1aberbeeg Před rokem +8

    I followed his expedition years ago and agreed that he did the right thing as regards the resting place of so many unfortunate souls. Mr. Robert Ballard is a real gentleman, I wish him well.

  • @deathmagnetic12085
    @deathmagnetic12085 Před 3 lety +12

    I watched some documentary about the titanic and the commentator mentioned dive companies went down to the wreck to look for items of value. During the program the person showed a ring and said it was found on a body/skeleton. And I'm like "that's impossible!. This video proves it. Thank you Robert ballard. For the record there shouldn't be skeletons down there because the sea life would eat the bones.

    • @NellWatson
      @NellWatson Před rokem +1

      Technically, bones are known to sometimes survive within a mix of concreted slurry, even heavy sands can sometimes protect them from the water.

  • @brettcannon7741
    @brettcannon7741 Před 7 lety +225

    he's exactly right, I believe in preservation efforts to keep the Titanic alive for future generations, retrieving some artifacts. After all, the Titanic itself is decaying rapidly and will be a spot of rust of the ocean floor in 100 years or so, but it is a graveyard. Enough artifacts have been recovered and let's all agree to not pluck anything else for the aera.

    • @whoami4693
      @whoami4693 Před 6 lety

      brett cannon well my grand grand nother is 103 years old now

    • @Korijenkins1414
      @Korijenkins1414 Před 4 lety +10

      I'd agree with that sentiment if there was actually anyone alive to be offended by it. It's literally not a graveyard, the bodies were eaten up and destroyed ages ago. If it bothers your conscience, fine, leave the personal items, but pieces of the ship itself should be in a museum before it's too late.

    • @Malitubee
      @Malitubee Před 3 lety +2

      @@Korijenkins1414 Exactly

  • @sonic4sale
    @sonic4sale Před 6 lety +40

    It's even more of a reminder than a gravestone. This is their last evidence of existence and how their corpse came to rest and it is still here 106 years later. There is so much more tragedy in this than a grave site. We might even know the name of this passenger but will never be able to find out. It's incredible, tragic and chilling at the same time.

  • @cyndih1993
    @cyndih1993 Před 3 lety +31

    I really enjoyed the exhibit I went to. Our entrance tickets were boarding passes that gave our names, history, and why we were travelling to America. We didn't get to find out if we lived or died until the end of the exhibit where we had to scour the giant list of survivors on the wall. It was an excellent exhibit. I also couldn't believe that the perfume samples still smelled!!!!

    • @kruszer
      @kruszer Před rokem

      Which museum/exhibit did you visit?

  • @elizabeth_evangelium
    @elizabeth_evangelium Před rokem +27

    These artifacts are so incredible, each and every single one is a human life, tells a story about each person that either survived or perished. It’s a sad thing to see these items , but yet it’s amazing to connect these items cuz we tend to forget about how many lives were truly lost.❤

    • @ahmedkol7605
      @ahmedkol7605 Před rokem

      توبوا الى الله لأن بالصلاح والاسلام تحيا النفوس والقلوب Repent to Allah in Islam because by Islam live the hearts and the souls😊'.😊

  • @harrisonsmith7937
    @harrisonsmith7937 Před 6 lety +194

    Does anyone ealse get creeped out when they shown the bottom of the ocean

    • @jared1804
      @jared1804 Před 3 lety

      Nope

    • @mintytruffle69
      @mintytruffle69 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes

    • @mt.shasta6097
      @mt.shasta6097 Před 2 lety

      If one is considering this particular site, yes, it's creepy, unless one is less than human, as evinced here twice already.

  • @romilkumar
    @romilkumar Před 7 lety +8

    Great respect for Bob Ballard for the respect he shows towards the dead ... great job Sir !!

  • @richardschaefer4807
    @richardschaefer4807 Před 5 lety +8

    Lincoln was shot on April 14th and died of the 15th. Titanic hit the iceberg on the 14th and sank on the 15th.
    Two titans lost to the world on the same date; 47 years apart.

  • @Viewer11fy
    @Viewer11fy Před 9 lety +460

    Some of you commenting do realize Jack and Rose were completley fictional passengers and were only in the 1997 movie and not real 1912 Titanic passengers

    • @MrLeohughesy
      @MrLeohughesy Před 9 lety +9

      True true I mean some people

    • @MrLeohughesy
      @MrLeohughesy Před 9 lety +2

      Leo Hughes by the way not being sarcastic

    • @jackager1584
      @jackager1584 Před 9 lety +11

      That or they just trolling us all.

    • @brookemaricic4285
      @brookemaricic4285 Před 7 lety +22

      I'm pretty sure they know that lol. they're just mucking around

    • @lancashiteman
      @lancashiteman Před 6 lety +1

      Leroy Allen true but still titanic is sad

  • @werksdesign
    @werksdesign Před 9 lety +88

    Brian Williams barely escaped the sinking and watched the Titanic go down while on the last life boat that left the ship.

  • @Cat-no8ts
    @Cat-no8ts Před 2 lety +10

    My hat is off to the first seven comments on this site! They all were well said and very heartfelt. Titanic has always been emblematic to me, and seeing this by Dr. Ballard and seeing those shoes where a person once laid, is especially heartbreaking. After the movies and the motion pictures and the editing for movie purposes begins to fade, this is when you really get a taste of what really happened and the suffering that all those real people must have gone through knowing that it was the end for them. I remember when I saw the exhibition in New Jersey right after Dr. Ballard and his team discovered the wreck. Being able to see the physical representation... so many people's innocent lives..was in itself a tremendous blow to me personally and emotionally, and I remember at the end of the exhibition there was a signing book, much like there is after a funeral. I thought it was apropos considering we were not just there at any museum, this was a memorial and a remembrance. My entry was: "... how fragile life is!" And now looking at this, I realize even more the importance of appreciating every day that God wakes us up in the morning, and truly taking in the whole day and deeply appreciating the day we have to enjoy. It's good for our spiritual healing, our mental health; it's good for our soul. Ultimately, it's good for our families and communities! May they all rest in peace, and may all who watch this become thankful. ☮️

  • @Aarontlondon
    @Aarontlondon Před 10 lety +10

    Wow, that actually sent a chill right through me

  • @janedoe1230
    @janedoe1230 Před 7 lety +6

    My mother met this guy and I went to see him speak. He was hilarious and such a great inspiring speaker

  • @loveyagoose
    @loveyagoose Před 4 lety +29

    Seeing "The Big Piece" at the Luxor in Vegas 2 years ago. ..the several ton piece of the hull they hoisted up in 1998...was beyond words. I had yearned to see real Titanic wreck artifacts since I was a 9 yrs old child, so to finally stand next to it at 36 years old was a blessing. The exhibit did not disappoint and you could feel the sacredness of what you were witnessing with each artifact. I said a silent prayer in my head for those who died so unnecessarily and just gave thanks for those souls letting me be a witness to things that truly belong to them now.

    • @rachelm6744
      @rachelm6744 Před 3 lety +4

      Your comment is exactly why I feel that we should bring up what we can before the ship collapses in and everything is lost. The dead would be honored and remembered by keeping the story alive. Leave clothes and boots or shoes alone from where a person laid to rest but other things like ship pieces, pots, plates, furniture, etc. should be brought up.

    • @wendystjean4678
      @wendystjean4678 Před 2 lety

      We went to that exhibit too. Seeing people's belongings...haunting.

    • @bwtawny
      @bwtawny Před rokem +1

      I saw and touched it years ago when they had a display at MOSI in Tampa, FL. Was surprised we were allowed to touch it. Bet you can't now.

    • @loveyagoose
      @loveyagoose Před rokem

      @@bwtawny nope. not now.

  • @funkogal8819
    @funkogal8819 Před 3 lety +11

    What’s scary is that photo of the shoes you can see the outline of the ankle..

  • @senninhapsx1191
    @senninhapsx1191 Před 7 lety +7

    Anyone into Titanic should consider visiting the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. It's larger than the Titanic and, although a couple of decades newer, it is still very impressive and reminiscent of that style of transatlantic ocean liners. You will not be disappointed 😉

  • @annaalbanese3702
    @annaalbanese3702 Před 3 lety +10

    Rest in peace to all the people that lost their lives on the Titanic 😪

  • @RokushoHasashi
    @RokushoHasashi Před rokem +3

    I love how Robert Ballard has respect for the Titanic because it is a gravesite........with now 5 new bodies to the gravesite.

  • @courtneytiara4380
    @courtneytiara4380 Před 10 lety +75

    "Bodies rained down" :O damn..

  • @ritamccullough925
    @ritamccullough925 Před 6 lety +7

    ....i was expecting pictures of the debris field....
    The history of this ship & it's demise has always been beyond fascinating!

  • @omegawonton8749
    @omegawonton8749 Před rokem +2

    what i find scary is how hundreds of bodies wouldve plunged into the freezing atlantic from the stern when it went almost vertical in the final moments of the titanic. All those people falling to their doom off the end of the ship to sink to the bottom of the atlantic

  • @MrMisanthrope84
    @MrMisanthrope84 Před 2 lety +8

    The more you learn about the Titanic disaster the more tragic and horrifying it becomes. It's the complete lack of control these people had over their fate. I think the 9-11 attacks have a similar sadness and tragedy and why it resonates so deeply with everyone, anyone can relate to being a passenger on a large vessel or plane of some sort, completely at the mercy of nature and human engineering, and this is the stuff of nightmares for us all.

  • @user-ss8vc4vs8j
    @user-ss8vc4vs8j Před 3 lety +17

    Today Titanic 109 years 😭 this is great history in the world from india

  • @carolcity1919
    @carolcity1919 Před rokem +5

    Who else is here after the submersible ?

  • @xzwarrior_gamingzx5209
    @xzwarrior_gamingzx5209 Před 4 lety +34

    To all of those who experienced fright, to all of those who lost their lives that night. You all will be missed ❤️❤️

    • @Ricardo-cl3vs
      @Ricardo-cl3vs Před 3 lety +1

      How great of you to type this comment on youtube, over a century later! That will surely help...

  • @SuperJasonGold
    @SuperJasonGold Před 7 lety +4

    what he said towards the end drove me to tears. he's 100% right.

  • @willyboy6126
    @willyboy6126 Před 6 lety +7

    I agree...it's a sacred grave site and should have remained that way. No relics could ever replace the life of one of those poor souls that perished. :(

  • @Zzsmuf
    @Zzsmuf Před 9 lety +16

    Whatever ship it was bless all who perished or suffered

  • @dmab631995
    @dmab631995 Před 7 lety +6

    I love everything that has to do with the Titanic but I get teary eyed & sometimes cry when I see the ship & the debris field...all those poor souls that lost their lives that early morning....like at the end of the movie Titanic when Rose meets up with Jack at the clock on the staircase I like to think that those that died that morning are all there like that. May they all be at peace....

  • @h8onu
    @h8onu Před rokem +3

    I wish they had the same respect for the Egyptians.

  • @talkaboutwacky
    @talkaboutwacky Před rokem +3

    Good lord I had no idea the shoes were in the spots where the bodies hit the ocean floor. I had no idea the deep oceans lack of calcium hastened the decomposition of the victims. I’m glad it did though cause those people deserved an appropriate burial

  • @radioman5615
    @radioman5615 Před 8 lety +3

    I met Dr. Ballard in person Had my Picture taken with him so glad I did.

  • @beavis5691
    @beavis5691 Před 7 lety +2

    They actually did bring up a small part of the ship. I saw it when it was on display in the Las Vegas titanic exhibit a few years back. It was really cool to see.

  • @ParaglidingManiac
    @ParaglidingManiac Před 12 lety +4

    Heard this man on TED Talks. Amazing guy!

  • @TheSimMan
    @TheSimMan Před 2 lety +14

    It really is a magnificent photograph.
    I remember seeing it for the first time as a 6 year old in primary school. Happened across a Discovery book about Titanic and it’s demise and there was that exact photo. It has stuck with me ever since.
    I would love to know whose shoes they were; what they did, how old they were, whether life was hard or not for them.

  • @ThePanthersdkfz
    @ThePanthersdkfz Před 9 lety +2

    Totally agree with your views, Mr Ballard. Very well said

  • @lolita19711
    @lolita19711 Před 2 lety +1

    no bs,straight simple facts,love it,this place is a grave site

  • @vaughnc5417
    @vaughnc5417 Před 7 lety +23

    I have one word for this; Damn.

    • @bryanclark4809
      @bryanclark4809 Před 7 lety +2

      Vaughn C wow you sure have a command for the English language. Must have went to clown college.

    • @tempest9935
      @tempest9935 Před 6 lety

      Vaughn C Same

  • @gdhse3
    @gdhse3 Před 5 lety +3

    Most profound gravesite! RIP Sweet souls

  • @Hurricaneintheroom
    @Hurricaneintheroom Před 10 lety +10

    It was a horrible tragedy and with so many unlucky events that could have helped but didn't. It's a graveyard and it should remain so. No one owns the Titanic anymore. It belongs to the world because of the tragedy. The world mourned.

  • @tracyanne64
    @tracyanne64 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow :o That is powerful yet heartbreaking. :(

  • @taylormcleod157
    @taylormcleod157 Před 7 lety +10

    I love the titanic

  • @StormsandSaugeye
    @StormsandSaugeye Před 8 lety +3

    He brings up a great point about taking objects fro sites. If you want a souvenir, buy something from a gift shop. But if you find a spent round in gettysburg, you leave it where you found it, and at least tell the national park service.

  • @waynegreen7634
    @waynegreen7634 Před rokem +8

    They gonna get 10 new shoes eventually

    • @mjisurdad
      @mjisurdad Před rokem +1

      They were barefoot 🦶 🦶 😢

  • @tos6295
    @tos6295 Před rokem +7

    Who's here because you're gripped to submarine search and rescue... 😮

  • @T..J..
    @T..J.. Před 10 lety +3

    Ive never looked at it like that, the man in the clip is spot on and its really sad to think of the bodies raining to the ocean floor :( lets hope they're left in peace

  • @whopperlover1772
    @whopperlover1772 Před 7 lety +18

    Can you imagine being on this ship when it happened? This legend of a ship and actually witnessing and hearing the sounds. This tragedy fascinates me to no end. I encourage you all to try to do this in a VR experience.

    • @murdahmammiez
      @murdahmammiez Před rokem +2

      The people on the sub shouldve seen ur msg

    • @VkMari3712
      @VkMari3712 Před rokem

      Don't want to imagine personally- horrifying

  • @joedirt7091
    @joedirt7091 Před 6 lety +2

    I agree hole heartedly with what Robert ballerd says. The titanic wreck site is more than just a wreck site. It's also a underwater grave Yard and should be treated with reverence and respect.

  • @Tsumami__
    @Tsumami__ Před 6 lety +80

    Personally if that was me, I’d be fine with you guys taking my boots back to a museum. Just leave a chalk outline.

  • @Anonyomus
    @Anonyomus Před 7 lety +3

    My grandfather's uncle was supposed to travel to America on Titanic. As he said in his diary soon Titanic's departure, he was very sorry that he couldn't get on board due to inflammation in his eye, which was detected on the health examination. Just hours before Titanic's departure. So because he was on the passenger list and his absence on the ship wasn't documented properly, obviously afterwards he wasn't found among the people who were rescued from the sea. Then authorities thought he had died and lost in the sea as he wasn't found. Actually he was left behind on the shore as Titanic sailed away without him and his family. Later, as he read his own death announcement on the news paper, he had to prove to the authorities that he was alive with birth documents etc. and that he wasn't on the ship.
    He wasn't so sorry afterwards to not get on the great Titanic, so he sailed with different ship to United States after recovering from his illness. He's one of the few of my finnish cousins that got to the America in the early 1900's and returned. I'm glad that his trip was well documented as he kept diary along the way and lived long to tell the story onward.

  • @IJustFiguredThisOut
    @IJustFiguredThisOut Před 10 lety +47

    I agree, you shouldn't take things from the site, but damn is it hard not to. I'm to impulsive so knowing me I probably would, good thing I'm not going ever.

    • @suemorales6716
      @suemorales6716 Před 6 lety +2

      Zdawg1029 lmao! Same!

    • @mt.shasta6097
      @mt.shasta6097 Před 2 lety

      So, if you worked for the police and had to exhume a body for legal purposes, you'd steal a ring? What a putz. Ditto your female admirer.

    • @IJustFiguredThisOut
      @IJustFiguredThisOut Před 2 lety

      @@mt.shasta6097 it’s just a comment dude. I wouldn’t actually take something if given the chance. Hence me saying “you shouldn’t take things from the site”.

  • @idasmith8644
    @idasmith8644 Před 7 lety

    Nice, good to know. And I was always wonder, where the corps a gone. Thanks for this video.

  • @73_de_CJHall
    @73_de_CJHall Před 6 lety +1

    The image he projects that those shoes represent exactly where the feet landed is unforgettable.

  • @seamreaper804
    @seamreaper804 Před 8 lety +43

    Knowing the fact that these people wanted to be rescued and live gives me the feeling they wouldn't mind their belonging to be brought up and shared in their memory. Leaving them there is sad and will ensure they will be forgotten someday.
    Bringing these items back is not as if you would be really be digging into a real intended grave yard.

    • @Forgotten_Lemon
      @Forgotten_Lemon Před 2 lety +13

      This _is_ a real graveyard, multiple survivors have said they want the ship to remain where it is, and to let it slowly disappear is the best way of honoring the fallen

  • @JJLawnicki93
    @JJLawnicki93 Před 9 lety +457

    Titanic will be a rust stain at the bottom of the sea and then you'll be sad when you can't go down there and see it anymore. Most parts of the Titanic should be saved and put into a museum! Raise as much as possible. Oh but it's ok when people grave rob Egypt mummy graves. Titanic is a grave but it should be saved!

    • @lisamariemcloughlin6044
      @lisamariemcloughlin6044 Před 9 lety +85

      ***** It would fall apart if they tried to do anything with it.

    • @joemanyliberalsalt
      @joemanyliberalsalt Před 9 lety +46

      ***** if you try to pick up anything it would all turn to dust from all the years of being rusted sitting on the bottom of the ocean for over a century.

    • @HaiLsKuNkY
      @HaiLsKuNkY Před 9 lety +67

      Joseph Wayne the mary rose sank in 1547 it was raised in 1982, the titanic wont turn to dust, it currently support the anchor and chain on deck without collapsing, we could easily remove a large part of the ship bit by bit. it would be a shame to lose this, in a few hundred years nobody will remember it.

    • @BogusOp
      @BogusOp Před 7 lety +55

      HaiLsKuNkY actually it's corroding fast . When they found the wreck they identified a bacteria that was eating away at titanic and it's estimated it has 30 years left before the shell breaks down

    • @beavis5691
      @beavis5691 Před 7 lety +27

      Actually there was a small part of the ship that had been broken off and was raised, I saw the real thing in the Las Vegas Titanic exhibit a few years ago. It was pretty cool to see. But I think they have moved it since.

  • @giggles7179
    @giggles7179 Před 3 lety +2

    My God, just when you think the stories, the movies, the magazines, the interviews, and your imagination has you feeling you've become acquainted with all the horrifying imagery that took place that night....

  • @viscabarca4408
    @viscabarca4408 Před 3 lety +2

    May God bless all the souls lost in TITANIC.

  • @Francis-xh2hd
    @Francis-xh2hd Před rokem +4

    What was the state the bodies of those that were dragged down to the bottom?
    Probably imploded half way down?
    Did the bodies remained normal in the sea bottom or were simply smashed by the pressure? Like organs all over the water and all since the pressure would rip them apart?

    • @Kareragirl
      @Kareragirl Před rokem

      There is a Mythbusters episode on this. A human body sinking that deep will not hit the ground intact, let's put it that way.

  • @Squidgyy_
    @Squidgyy_ Před 3 lety +3

    I wonder if the souls of those people still walk the broken decks of the once unsinkable ship

  • @yvonneupton9587
    @yvonneupton9587 Před rokem +2

    Absolutely right nothing should be taken from this site it is a mass grave
    I had Irish descendants go down on the Titanic which included a small child. Always remember my Grandmother saying it should never have happend!

  • @epsiloneridani5738
    @epsiloneridani5738 Před 7 lety

    Well said... Respect!

  • @terrybaptist795
    @terrybaptist795 Před 3 lety +3

    the Titanic wreck site is not only a wreck site. But it is also a grave site because all those unfortune passengers and crew members that died there that night and should be treated as such. May god grant them eternal everlasting life in new heaven and new earth.

  • @baarujoseph6745
    @baarujoseph6745 Před 10 lety +69

    i think the best thing would have been leaving it alone ...it has so many memories

    • @autumnryan166
      @autumnryan166 Před 6 lety +7

      Baaru Joseph I understand why some people want them to leave the ship alone since it's a grave yard, but it's also understandable that they would want to recover some things from the ship. The bodies might be gone, but Titanic itself will be gone eventually too. There are things in the Ocean that can eat that stuff like bacteria and other sea creatures, so it's not going to be there forever.

    • @mt.shasta6097
      @mt.shasta6097 Před 2 lety

      @@autumnryan166 Then let it return to nature undisturbed, please.

  • @kristensalas3711
    @kristensalas3711 Před 10 lety

    Absolutely amazing

  • @ChristopherMurphy1969
    @ChristopherMurphy1969 Před 11 měsíci

    2:07 - This is just one of the many reasons why Dr. Ballard is among my very favorite people.

  • @billanthony7896
    @billanthony7896 Před 7 lety +72

    I think this guy is wrong. The bodies in the debris field are probably passengers who got sucked down with the ship. Although it's morbid to think about, I can't help but wonder how many people went down locked in their cabins. Between those on deck, and those in lifeboats, there's a lot of people unaccounted for.

    • @thetaz1591
      @thetaz1591 Před 7 lety +5

      Bill Anthony i agree, thought bodies float even when dead .

    • @richardturner6873
      @richardturner6873 Před 7 lety +15

      Bill Anthony: yes there were poor people locked on board in stearage.

    • @tomasmalin
      @tomasmalin Před 7 lety +1

      Sucked?

    • @nastybigJim
      @nastybigJim Před 6 lety +11

      Anthony Zavala not is very cold water though, the bodies would sink quickly. Google

    • @timpmurph71
      @timpmurph71 Před 6 lety +22

      Anthony Zavala Bodies usually always sink and resurface from the decompositional build up of gasses. In very cold water, these types of decomposition do not occur. If you've ever wondered why it is said that Lake Superior never gives up her dead, that's the reason.

  • @timberbee1197
    @timberbee1197 Před 4 lety +10

    i start watching James Charles and ended up here after watching the two hour long sinking video, the 1984 45 minute documentary... yeah i’m lost deep right now y’all 💀
    rest in peace to the souls that floated down there to their forever resting place 💜

  • @komulagi
    @komulagi Před rokem +2

    Hope there is full version of this video

  • @termanator40
    @termanator40 Před 10 lety +1

    Thank goodness its over and may it never be repeated. Rest in peace titanic!

  • @gwinniboots
    @gwinniboots Před 10 lety +3

    Well said. We ought to have respect for a grave site.

  • @wobbled9819
    @wobbled9819 Před 10 lety +75

    Dat nigga obv had some Nike Air Max's LOOL!

  • @ajmalbarbhuiya6782
    @ajmalbarbhuiya6782 Před 4 lety

    Tnx Robert b. and national geographic channel

  • @Daracdor
    @Daracdor Před 4 lety +2

    I remember as a kid my grandad & dad always tied unworn shoes together by the laces.
    It was a thing they did way back then to keep them secure and tidy .

  • @DivineSimply
    @DivineSimply Před 8 lety +34

    At what point in time is it no longer a desecration but a gathering of historical, archaeological finds? The Cairo Museum, e.g., is full of grave-robbings.

    • @dennisleporte7423
      @dennisleporte7423 Před 8 lety

      +DivineSimply Probably when there really is'nt any sensationalism about it.

    • @DivineSimply
      @DivineSimply Před 8 lety +3

      Dennis Leporte That sounds about right. I don't imagine there's too many Tut relatives still hanging around to get upset if evidence turns up that he was whacked. Lol.

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko Před 8 lety +3

      We have different attitudes towards archaeology now. In the days of the British Empire, it was smash and grab; British archaeologists thought they had a right to loot the world's treasures. Egypt, as a poor country, let them do it to some extent but now want their historical and cultural artifacts to remain mostly in Egypt. Although the last Titanic survivor has died, their descendants and the descendants of those who died still live on. My grandmother's best friend, Eva Hart, was a Titanic survivor and she felt very strongly that the site shouldn't be disturbed, because that was her father's grave and the grave of hundreds of others. I think we've gathered enough facts that we don't need to bring artifacts to the surface. We have extensive photos and films of what the Titanic was like before it sank anyway.

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko Před 8 lety +2

      David Frigault Well, if you don't know what a Titanic survivor means by her saying that this site is the last resting place of her father, I can't help you. It's not an argument, it's a position taken by someone who was there.

    • @vermilliongecko
      @vermilliongecko Před 8 lety +2

      David Frigault *shouldn't* be disturbed.

  • @armandmartinez7110
    @armandmartinez7110 Před rokem +4

    110 years later! The dead ones especially won´t care if they had a say if someone preserves things that can be obtained from these depths for God sake ! You can really overdo it with "respect"!

  • @edwardbenkert2618
    @edwardbenkert2618 Před 7 lety

    That was the best video yet

  • @teampeeta2011
    @teampeeta2011 Před 12 lety +1

    I love the fella talking at e beginning of this video! Handsome and smart! nice!