"OF ALL THE RELICS OF HISTORY" "ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, NONE IS" "MORE MYSTERIOUS OR COMPELLING" "THAN... "TITANIC."" "THIS IS THE "TITANIC" WE ALL" "KNOW..." "FROM BOOKS, FILMS, AND" "TELEVISION..." "BUT THERE IS ANOTHER" "TITANIC NEVER SEEN BY HUMAN" "EYES..." "WE DON'T EVEN HAVE HALF OF" "THE PIECES." "UNTIL NOW." "NO ONE'S EVER GONE INTO THAT" "ACCIDENT SCENE AND MAPPED OUT" "ALL THE ELEMENTS." "THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE" "GOING TO GET THIS BIG PICTURE." "A NEW EXPEDITION SEARCHES" "EVERY INCH OF 15 SQUARE" "MILES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER" "AND FINDS EVERY MISSING PIECE." "THIS WAS A BIG CHUNK OF" "TITANIC WE HAD NO IDEA" "EXISTED!" "CREATING THE FIRST-EVER" "COMPLETE MAP OF THE ENTIRE" "WRECK SITE, THEY LOOK TO" "UNRAVEL THE DISASTER..." "WE'RE LEARNING A LOT, FOR" "THE FIRST TIME, ABOUT HOW" "TITANIC REALLY SANK." "VIRTUALLY REASSEMBLE" "TITANIC..." "SO WE CONSTRUCT" "THE SHIP AND RAISE IT BACK UP" "TO WHERE IT LAST LEFT THE" "SURFACE." "AND ATTEMPT TO SOLVE" "A 100-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY:" "DID" "TITANIC HAVE A FATAL FLAW?" "IT WAS AN END VIOLENT BEYOND" "IMAGINING." "[METAL CREAKS]" "A STRUCTURE AS BIG AS AN 80-STORY BUILDING FALLING TWO" "AND A HALF MILES." "[METAL GROANS] 40,000 TONS OF STEEL TEARING" "ITSELF TO BITS." "[CRASH]" "WHEN IT WAS OVER, PIECES LAY" "SCATTERED ACROSS 15 SQUARE" "MILES." "A HUNDRED YEARS LATER, HALF OF" "THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN FOUND." "A NEW "TITANIC" EXPEDITION" "IS ABOUT TO CHANGE THAT." "[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]" "WE'RE HERE IN ST." "JOHN'S," "NEWFOUNDLAND, ABOARD THE "JEAN" "CHARCOT," THE EXPEDITION SHIP" "THAT'S GOING OUT TO THE" "TITANIC WRECK SITE." "PARKS STEPHENSON..." "TITANIC HISTORIAN, SYSTEMS" "ENGINEER, 20-YEAR U.S. NAVY" "VETERAN." "IT'S A BEEHIVE" "OF ACTMTY..." "THERE'S PALLETS" "BEING HOISTED ABOARD..." "BRING IT DOWN." "THERE ARE TRAILER VANS" "BEING WELDED TO THE DECK." "THIS IS A MAJOR EFFORT." "A MAJOR EFFORT THAT INCLUDES" "SONAR AND ROBOT TEAMS..." "PULL ON IT!" "U.S. GOVERNMENT" "ARCHAEOLOGISTS JIM DELGADO AND" "DAVE ALBERG..." "VETERAN "TITANIC"" "EXPLORER PH NARGEOLET..." "OCEANOGRAPHER DAVE GALLO FROM" "WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC" "INSTITUTION..." "UNDERWATER IMAGING EXPERT BILL" "LANGE, ALSO FROM WOODS HOLE..." "ALL WORKING WITH RMS TITANIC," "INCORPORATED, THE LEGAL" "STEWARD, OR "SALVOR IN" "POSSESSION," OF THE WRECK SITE." "WELCOME ABOARD." "CHRIS DAVINO, PRESIDENT OF" "RMS TITANIC, INC." "CHRIS, WHAT'S THE" "EXPEDITION TRYING TO" "ACCOMPLISH?" "WHAT'S THE GOAL?" "PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO MAP" "THE ENTIRE WRECK SITE." "THE OBJECTIVES ARE CLEAR." "WE" "WANT TO DO WHAT THE INDUSTRY" "HAS BEEN CLAMORING FOR FOR A" "LONG TIME, AND THE EQUIPMENT IS" "FINALLY AVAILABLE, WHICH IS A" "PROPER SITE SURVEY MAP OF THE" "ENTIRE WRECK SITE." "THE PLAN IS TO" "JUST COVER EVERYTHING," "THE ENTIRE SITE." "THERE HAVE BEEN" "NUMEROUS EXPEDITIONS THAT HAVE" "GONE DOWN THAT HAVE GAINED A" "SENSE OF IT, BUT IT'S ALMOST" "BEEN LIKE A DRIVE-BY THROUGH A" "DARKENED CITY AT NIGHT, LOOKING" "AT THINGS WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND" "TRYING TO DRAW A STREET MAP OF" "THE CITY." "YOU CAN WALK" "AROUND THE CITY;" "YOU'D SEE SOME" "PRETTY AMAZING STUFF, BUT YOU'D" "HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU WERE," "WHAT YOU SAW, WHAT'S IN" "CONTEXT, WHAT YOU MISSED." "AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO FAR" "AND WIDE." "WHEN IT'S DONE, THIS" "EXPEDITION WILL HAVE MAPPED" "EVERY INCH OF THE WRECK SITE" "AND FOUND EVERY PIECE OF" "TITANIC." "WE EXPECT THIS TO BE THE" "HIGH POINT." "NOW..." "BUT EVEN THAT WON'T BE" "ENOUGH TO UNLOCK THE FINAL" "SECRETS OF THE DISASTER." "TITANIC WAS SUPPOSED TO BE" "STATE OF THE ART, PRACTICALLY" "UNSINKABLE." "YET IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS," "SHE BROKE APART AND SANK," "KILLING 1,500 PEOPLE." "DID THE SHIP HAVE A BUILT-IN" "WEAKNESS?" "FAULTY MATERIALS," "OR A DESIGN FLAW?" "THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS PARKS" "STEPHENSON HOPES TO ANSWER." "THE EXPEDITION" "WILL BRING BACK EVIDENCE," "BUT INTERPRETING WHAT IT MEANS" "IS A WHOLE OTHER JOB." "INVESTIGATING AN AIRLINER OR" "SHUTTLE CRASH, THE PIECES ARE" "COLLECTED, BROUGHT TO A HANGAR," "AND STUDIED TO LEARN HOW IT" "BROKE APART, WHAT WENT WRONG," "AND WHY." "IT'S THE SAME WITH "TITANIC"..." "THE PIECES HOLD THE ANSWERS." "TO HELP VISUALIZE THE PIECES" "IN 3 DIMENSIONS, PARKS" "STEPHENSON WILL USE A VIRTUAL" "RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WRECK" "SITE HERE IN THIS HANGAR." "HERE, LET ME GIVE YOU A" "DEMONSTRATION HERE..." "LATER, WHEN WE GOT THE" "TOWER...[INDISTINCT]" "REALLY, THE VIRTUAL" "HANGAR ALLOWS US TO" "SIMULATE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS," "WHICH SOMETIMES CAN BE CRITICAL" "TO UNDERSTANDING HOW PIECES CAN" "GO BACK TOGETHER AGAIN." "OVER THE NEXT YEAR," "PARKS WILL WORK WITH A GROWING" "TEAM OF EXPERTS." "YOU CAN JUST SEE" "THE WAY THE BOW CRASHED INTO" "THE BOTTOM LIKE THAT, AND..." "INCLUDING MARINE ARTIST" "KEN MARSCHALL." "I'M ALL ABOUT" "FIGURING OUT "TITANIC" DEBRIS." "I JUST LOVE IT." "I'M PASSIONATE" "ABOUT IT." "IT'S PUTTING PIECES" "OF A PUZZLE TOGETHER." "ALL MY LIFE I'VE WANTED TO" "BRING "TITANIC" BACK TO LIFE." "WHAT I'M EAGER TO" "SEE IS WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE" "DARK, THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T" "BEEN SEEN BEFORE." "CONSULTING WITH THE TEAM IS" "ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR JIM" "CHILES." "JUST LIKE THE NTSB" "INVESTIGATING AN AIRLINE CRASH" "OR A SHUTTLE CRASH," "IF WE WANT TO FIND OUT" "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE" "TITANIC THAT NIGHT, WE NEED" "TO KNOW THE DEBRIS FIELD," "BECAUSE THE ANSWERS LIE IN" "THOSE PIECES." "THE PROBLEM IS THE MOST" "IMPORTANT PIECES..." "THE ONES" "FROM THE FRACTURE ZONE WHERE" "THE SHIP BROKE..." "HAVE NEVER" "BEEN FOUND." "AND THAT'S REALLY THE KEY TO" "UNDERSTANDING THE BREAKUP IS" "UNDERSTANDING THE MIDDLE" "SECTION." "AND WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE" "MIDDLE SECTION UNTIL WE GET AT" "LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE PIECES" "BACK." "THAT IS WHAT THIS NEW" "EXPEDITION IS ALL ABOUT." "WE'VE GOT TO" "READJUST THE RIGGING." "PRETTY CLOSE TO THE GROUND." "THERE HAVE BEEN" "NEARLY 20 EXPEDITIONS TO" "TITANIC SINCE IT WAS" "DISCOVERED IN 1985." "BUT THEY'VE ALL GONE TO THE" "SAME PLACES, OVER AND OVER" "AGAIN." "YOU GET THESE TOURISTY VIEWS" "OF THE BOW, THE BRIDGE, THE" "PROPELLERS, A CABIN OR TWO, BUT" "WE DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE SITE." "NO ONE HAS EVER MAPPED THE" "ENTIRE SITE, FOUND EVERY PIECE" "OF WRECKAGE." "IF YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE" "EXACTLY HOW THAT SHIP CAME" "APART, IT SHOULD BE THERE," "RECORDED ON THE OBJECTS LEFT ON" "THE SEAFLOOR." "WE FEEL THAT THERE ARE" "SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS THAT HAVE" "REALLY NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE," "AND WE HOPE TO PROVE OR" "DISPROVE THEORIES ON HOW THE" "SHIP ACTUALLY CAME APART." "PREPARATIONS COMPLETE, THEY" "HEAD FOR "TITANIC."" "THE ONLY WILD CARD:" "WEATHER." "SO FOR THE NEXT 20 SOME" "ODD DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS" "TEAM ON THIS VESSEL, OUT THERE" "DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH" "MOTHER NATURE, SO WE'LL SEE" "WHAT HAPPENS." "THEIR OBJECTIVE..." "THE WORLD'S" "MOST FAMOUS SHIPWRECK..." "WAS BORN" "OUT OF INTENSE COMPETITION AT" "THE DAWN OF THE 20th CENTURY." "IT WAS A RESPONSE BY" "THE WHITE STAR LINE TO" "BASICALLY A CHALLENGE FROM THE" "CUNARD LINE." "THE COMPETING CUNARD LINE" "HAD JUST COME OUT WITH" "LUSITANIA AND "MAURITANIA" IN 1907, AND ALL THE WHITE STAR" "SHIPS WERE LOOKING VERY SMALL" "AND POKEY." "AND THE WHITE STAR LINE" "DECIDED, HMM, WE WON'T BUILD" "RECORD BREAKERS IN TERMS OF" "SPEED." "BUT LET'S BUILD RECORD BREAKERS" "IN TERMS OF SIZE AND COMFORT" "AND LUXURY." "[HORN BLASTS]" "SHE SAILED ON APRIL 10, 1912" "FROM SOUTHAMPTON, WENT ACROSS" "THE CHANNEL TO CHERBOURG," "FRANCE, WHERE SHE PICKED UP" "MORE PASSENGERS, CUT OVER TO" "QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND, TO PICK UP" "THE LAST PASSENGERS, THEN SHE" "HEADED OUT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC." "[BELL RINGING]" "IN 4 DAYS, THE ROUGHLY 1,300 PASSENGERS AND 900 CREW" "ONBOARD WILL MEET THEIR FATE." "THE QUESTIONS AND" "ACCUSATIONS THAT ARISE THAT" "NIGHT STILL RESONATE." "WHY WAS "TITANIC" SPEEDING" "THROUGH A KNOWN ICE FIELD?" "WHY WEREN'T THERE ENOUGH" "LIFEBOATS?" "WERE "TITANIC'S" MATERIALS OR" "DESIGN DEFECTIVE?" "100 YEARS LATER, THE" "SEARCH FOR ANSWERS CONTINUES." "IT'S THE SECOND" "FULL DAY OF THE EXPEDITION" "NOW;" "WE'RE GOING TO" "BE ARRMNG OVER THE ACTUAL" "SITE OF THE "TITANIC" WRECK." "AS WE GOT ON THE SITE, WE" "HAD A SHORT CEREMONY WHERE EACH" "MEMBER OF THE CREW WERE ASKED" "TO COME UP AND TAKE SOME" "FLOWERS AND TOSS THEM IN THE" "OCEAN." "A LOT'S BEEN MADE OF THIS" "MISSION..." "ALL THE EQUIPMENT" "WE'RE DEPLOYING, ALL THE" "EXPERTS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT" "TOGETHER." "BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AT" "THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS" "REALLY IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE" "THE LEGACY OF "TITANIC" AND" "HONOR THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE" "THAT PERISHED THAT NIGHT." "TO ME, THE MEMORIAL SITE'S" "MORE AT THE SURFACE THAN ON THE" "SEA BED, SIMPLY BECAUSE SO MANY" "PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE" "SURFACE." "[PEOPLE SCREAMING]" "AFTER THE CEREMONY," "PREPARATIONS RESUME FOR THE" "FIRST DIVE." "BRIDGE;" "BACK DECK..." "BUT ALREADY THERE'S TROUBLE." "WE'VE GOT NOT ONE BUT TWO" "HURRICANES MOVING UP THE COAST." "WHAT DO WE DO?" "DO WE JUST MOVE" "OFF OF THE SITE AND LET ONE" "HURRICANE GO THROUGH?" "THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF ANOTHER" "ONE IS COMING UP RIGHT BEHIND" "IT?" "THERE HAVE BEEN EXPEDITIONS" "THAT WERE TOTALLY SCRAPPED" "BECAUSE OF WEATHER, AND THAT" "WOULD BE HEARTBREAKING." "EXPEDITION LEADERS DAVE" "GALLO AND CHRIS DAVINO DECIDE" "TO TAKE A CHANCE AND REMAIN ON" "SITE." "KEEP WINCHING OUT..." "IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE" "CAMERAS WILL SPLASH IN..." "OK, HERE WE GO..." "AND BEGIN SENDING UP THE" "FIRST IMAGES OF "TITANIC."" "COMING UP..." "WRECKAGE FULLY" "IMAGED FOR THE FIRST TIME." "JUST SOUTH OF THE STERN," "A HUGE SECTION OF HULL." "ATTACHED TO ITS INNER SIDE, TWO" "PIECES OF MACHINERY." "SIZE:" "EACH IS 12 FEET ACROSS AND" "WEIGHS OVER 7 TONS." "IDENTIFYING FEATURE:" "THEIR" "DISTINCTIVE NAUTILUS SHAPE." "WHAT ARE THEY?" "MAIN CIRCULATING PUMPS USED TO" "RECYCLE "TITANIC'S" STEAM." "EACH COULD FILL A SWIMMING POOL" "IN A MINUTE." "A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO" "HELP UNDERSTAND THE BREAKUP." "360 MILES SOUTHEAST OF" "NEWFOUNDLAND, AN UNPRECEDENTED" "EXPEDITION TEAM ASSEMBLES OVER" "TITANIC." "A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER" "THE SINKING, THE GOAL IS TO MAP" "EVERY INCH OF THE WRECK SITE..." "WE'RE LOOKING AT A BIGGER" "AREA THAN EVER BEFORE." "FIND EVERY MISSING PIECE." "THERE HAVE BEEN" "DOZENS OF EXPEDITIONS TO" "TITANIC, BUT REALLY NO ONE HAS" "EVEN TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH" "CREATING REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE" "SITE SURVEY MAP OF THIS WRECK" "SITE." "IF THEY SUCCEED, THE MAP MAY" "HELP EXPERTS LEARN HOW THE SHIP" "BROKE APART." "NO ONE'S EVER GONE" "INTO THAT SCENE..." "YOU COULD" "CALL IT A CRIME SCENE IF" "YOU WANT, THAT ACCIDENT SCENE..." "AND MAPPED OUT ALL THE ELEMENTS." "AND IF YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE" "EXACTLY HOW THAT SHIP CAME" "APART, IT SHOULD BE THERE," "RECORDED ON THE OBJECTS LEFT ON" "THE SEAFLOOR." "WHAT THE TEAM WANTS TO FIND" "IS PIECES FROM "TITANIC'S"" "MISSING MIDDLE..." "THE EXACT POINT" "WHERE THE SHIP BROKE." "SEE, WE WANT TO GO BACK" "AND LOOK AND TRY AND FIND THIS" "DOWN HERE." "BASICALLY, I'M HOPING TO FIND" "ALL THE REST OF THE PIECES THAT" "WE NEED TO PUT THAT TOGETHER." "AND OF THAT MIDDLE SECTION, I" "WOULD SAY WE DON'T EVEN HAVE" "HALF OF THE PIECES." "WITH 15 SQUARE MILES OF" "OCEAN BOTTOM TO SEARCH, IT" "WON'T BE EASY." "WE'RE GOING TO TRY" "TO IMAGE THE WRECK SITE" "AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN." "WE WANT TO GET THAT NEAR-100%" "COVERAGE OF THE WRECK." "THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE." "TO DO IT, THEY'LL USE" "STATE-OF-THE-ART HIGH" "DEFINITION CAMERAS BUILT BY" "STATE-OF-THE-ART HIGH" "INSTITUTION, THE WORLD'S TOP" "EXPERTS IN UNDERWATER" "PHOTOGRAPHY." "THAT'S IT?" "A LITTLE BIT MORE." "NO HUMANS WILL DIVE TO" ""TITANIC"." "MOUNTED ON A ROBOT TETHERED TO" "THE SHIP BY MILES OF CABLE..." "LINE'S CLEAR." "THE REMOTELY OPERATED" "VEHICLE, ROV, A SPACESHIP OF THE" "DEEP." "BUILT IN LARGO, MARYLAND," "IT'S ONE OF THE" "MOST SOPHISTICATED OCEAN" "ROBOTS ON THE PLANET." "I DON'T KNOW EXACT" "NUMBERS, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW" "VEHICLES IN THE WORLD THAT CAN" "GO TO 6,000 METERS." "THIS..." "IT'S" "ALMOST A ONE-OF-A-KIND." "IN A WORLD OF TOTAL" "DARKNESS, THE ROV MUST PROVIDE" "LIGHT," "MANEUVER GRACEFULLY," "AND ENDURE 5 TONS OF PRESSURE ON" "EVERY SQUARE INCH OF ITS" "SURFACE." "IF THERE'S AN AIR BUBBLE" "INSIDE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT" "WILL CRUSH IN A HEARTBEAT." "CAN YOU GRAB THE BOAT HOOK?" "FINALLY, AFTER MONTHS OF" "PLANNING AND MILLIONS OF" "DOLLARS, IT'S TIME FOR THE" "ROV's FIRST DIVE." "THE SHIP IS ZERO-NINE-FIVE." "ROGER." "IT ALWAYS LOOKS EASY IN THE" "FILMS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU GO," "YOU PUT THE ROV IN THE WATER," "IT GOES DOWN, AND IT WORKS." "WELL, I MEAN THE REALITY IS," "THERE'S ALWAYS A BIT OF" "TREPIDATION THE FIRST TIME YOU" "PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER THAT" "HASN'T BEEN USED BEFORE." "WATCH THE CABLE RIGHT" "THERE." "TWO AND A HALF MILES DOWN" "AND A WORLD AWAY..." ""TITANIC"." "A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, WHEN" "TITANIC MADE ITS DESCENT, 700 SURVIVORS REMAINED ON THE" "SURFACE." "4 DAYS LATER, WHEN THEY" "REACHED NEW YORK ABOARD THE" "RESCUE SHIP "CARPATHIA," SENATOR" "WILLIAM SMITH OF MICHIGAN" "BEGINS AN INVESTIGATION." "THE WORLD HAS QUESTIONS." "WHILE THE EXPEDITION TEAM" "AWAITS THEIR FIRST VIEWS OF" "TITANIC, BACK ON LAND," "ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR JIM" "CHILES PROBES HISTORICAL" "ARCHIVES." "SO MANY STORIES" "THAT HAVE BUILT UP;" "A HUNDRED" "YEARS ON, WHAT HOLDS UP?" "WHAT'S THE TRUTH?" "ICE." "WHY DID THEY GO FULL SPEED INTO" "AN ICE FIELD?" "WHY WOULD ANYONE DO SUCH A" "THING?" "THE STRENGTH OF THE SHIP." "ONE OF THE THEORIES TO COME" "FORWARD WAS WEAK RIVET HEADS" "THAT SHEARED, THAT BROKE TOO" "EASILY," "OPENED UP THE SEAMS," "AND THE FAILURE BEGINS." "WHERE'S THE TRUTH TO THAT?" "LIFEBOATS." "DID IT RISE TO NEGLIGENCE" "TO NOT HAVE ENOUGH LIFEBOATS," "NOT NEARLY ENOUGH SEATS ON" "THOSE LIFEBOATS?" "THE SHIP'S BREAKUP." "HOW DID THE METAL BEND?" "WHY DID THAT FRACTURE START?" "IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THERE" "WAS A DESIGN FLAW BUILT INTO" "THE "TITANIC"?" "EACH QUESTION POINTS BLAME" "AT A PARTICULAR PERSON:" "CAPTAIN" "SMITH FOR GOING SO FAST INTO" "ICE;" "WHITE STAR CHAIRMAN BRUCE" "ISMAY FOR THE NUMBER OF" "LIFEBOATS;" "AND IF RIVETS OR DESIGN" "WERE DEFECTIVE, NAVAL ARCHITECT" "THOMAS ANDREWS." "DID THE SHIP HAVE A" "BUILT-IN WEAKNESS TO IT?" "FATAL FLAW..." "OR NOT?" "IN 1912, WITH NO" "PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO EXAMINE," "SENATOR WILLIAM SMITH'S" "INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES" "TITANIC SANK INTACT." "IN ITS REPORT, THE BRITISH" "BOARD OF TRADE AGREES:" "THE SHIP" "DID NOT BREAK." "TO HELP VISUALIZE THE SITE IN 3 DIMENSIONS, THE TEAM IS" "USING A VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION" "OF THE KNOWN PIECES OF WRECKAGE" "IN THIS HANGAR." "IN 1912, WHEN "TITANIC" SANK," "THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT" "SHE SANK INTACT." "THIS IS WHAT THEY IMAGINED" "TITANIC LOOKED LIKE." "A LOT OF THE EYEWITNESSES" "DISTINCTLY SAW IT BREAK IN TWO," "THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID." "BUT THE OFFICIAL LINE, AGAIN," "WAS THAT SHE WENT DOWN INTACT." "IT WILL BE MORE THAN 70 YEARS" "BEFORE THE BREAKUP IS CONFIRMED." "AND EVEN TODAY, THE DETAILS" "OF HOW "TITANIC" BROKE REMAIN" "UNKNOWN." "WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO HIT THE" "BOTTOM." "THIS EXPEDITION MAY FINALLY" "UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY..." "IF THEY" "CAN FIND AND IMAGE MISSING" "PIECES NEVER BEFORE SEEN." "WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT" "CAN CONSPIRE AGAINST US." "YOU KNOW, WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE A" "SHIP, AND TWO AND A HALF MILES" "AWAY AT THE END OF A TETHER," "WE'VE GOT AN ROV." "WELL, THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN" "HAPPEN WITH THAT CABLE." "GO AHEAD?" "DO YOU FEEL" "YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST" "THE UMBILICAL ON THE SEA BED?" "'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DUMP TOO" "MUCH CABLE JUST TO GET OVER TO" "IT, 'CAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO WORRY" "ABOUT WRAPPING THE CABLE AROUND" "STUFF." "OK, ROGER THAT." "THE TIME COMES IN THE DIVE" "WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR" "FIRST IMAGES OF THE WRECK." "THE SHADOW APPEARS IN THE" "DISTANCE, OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF" "THE LIGHTS." "THE LIGHTS START TO REACH IT" "AND ILLUMINATE IT." "AND ALL OF A SUDDEN..." "THERE'S "TITANIC."" "[APPLAUSE AND LAUGHTER]" "I'M JUST..." "CAN YOU IMAGINE WE'RE DOING" "THIS LIVE?" "I'M JUST STUNNED!" "ON THIS FIRST DIVE, THEY'LL" "IMAGE THE BOW SECTION." "IT'S FAMILIAR TERRITORY..." "BUT" "BREATHTAKING NEVERTHELESS." "I MEAN, TO SIT IN THE ROOM," "AND SEE ON THESE HUGE MONITORS" "LIVE SHOTS OF "TITANIC," IT'S" "INCREDIBLE." "THE FIRST IMAGES COMING UP" "ARE STAGGERING." "THERE YOU ARE ON THE BOTTOM OF" "THE OCEAN, TRANSPORTED TO THE" "SEA FLOOR..." "IT'S MIND BOGGLING!" "EVEN THE VETERANS THAT HAVE" "BEEN TO "TITANIC" NUMEROUS" "TIMES ARE SLACK-JAWED." "BUT THIS IS JUST THE" "BEGINNING." "THE REAL MISSION IS FINDING NEW" "WRECKAGE." "ONCE THEY HEAD OUT INTO THE" "UNKNOWN, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE." "OH, WE'RE GETTING REALLY" "CLOSE NOW." "WOW." "CLOSE NOW." "WOW." "AT ANY MOMENT, JUST BEYOND" "THE LIGHTS, COULD BE A" "NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN" "PIECE THAT HOLDS" "THE SECRET OF THE BREAKUP." "COMING UP, WRECKAGE FULLY" "REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME:" "A FRAGMENT OF DELICATE FILIGREE" "THAT SOMEHOW SURVIVED." "SIZE:" "THIS CIRCULAR FRAME IS" "ABOUT 10 FEET ACROSS." "WHAT IS IT?" "THE REMNANTS OF A SKYLIGHT." "WHERE WAS IT?" "OVER ONE OF "TITANIC'S" ELEGANT" "TWO GRAND STAIRCASES." "ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PIECES" "SEEN IN CONTEXT FOR THE FIRST" "TIME." "GOT THE POWER BACK UP?" "PUT IT IN THE FRAME." "LOWER." "THE MOST AMBITIOUS "TITANIC"" "EXPEDITION EVER ATTEMPTED IS" "SEARCHING FOR PIECES NEVER" "BEFORE SEEN AND CREATING THE" "FIRST COMPLETE MAP OF THE WRECK" "SITE." "IN '85 TO '87, OVER 20 YEARS" "AGO, THEY STARTED A MAP ON" "TITANIC THAT WAS NEVER" "FINISHED." "AND BASICALLY WE'RE" "HERE TO FINISH THE JOB." "SURVEY, ROV." "RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE STARTING" "THEIR FIRST DIVE, EXPLORING THE" "BOW." "SPECIAL GLASSES LET THEM" "SEE THE IMAGERY IN 3-D." "[BEEPING]" "[APPLAUSE]" "THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED," "RIGHT THERE!" "MOST OF THESE VETERANS HAVE" "BEEN TO "TITANIC" BEFORE." "BUT WOODS HOLE'S NEW HIGH" "DEFINITION CAMERAS ARE AN EYE" "OPENER." "THE BRIDGE." "THE ROOF AND WALLS ARE GONE." "ON THIS SPOT, WHERE PREVIOUS" "EXPEDITIONS HAVE LEFT MEMORIAL" "PLAQUES, QUARTERMASTER HITCHENS" "TRIED FRANTICALLY TO STEER" "AROUND THE ICEBERG." "[MAN YELLING]" "I REALLY GAINED A SENSE THAT" "THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST" "BROKEN PIECES OF A SHIP." "IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN" "THAT SHIP..." "EVERYTHING." "FROM THE SUPPLIES AND THE" "EQUIPMENT, TO THE BAGGAGE, TO" "THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES." "THE PEOPLE." "A FEW ARE STILL REMEMBERED, BUT" "MOST ON "TITANIC" THAT NIGHT" "ARE LOST TO US NOW." "YET THERE ARE STILL STORIES," "AND SECRETS, BEING UNCOVERED." "STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE" "GEORGE THORNE AND HIS WIFE" "MAYBELLE, TRAVELING IN FIRST" "CLASS." "THEY'RE A WELL-TO-DO" "COUPLE, VERY UPPER CRUST, FROM" "NEW YORK." "GEORGE'S BUSINESS WAS" "BEING A HAT DRESSER, AND HE WAS" "TAKING A ROUND-THE-WORLD TOUR." "AN ELABORATE LEADED GLASS" "WINDOW IN THE FIRST CLASS" "DINING SALOON." "GEORGE AND MAYBELLE UNDOUBTEDLY" "ENJOYED SUMPTUOUS MEALS HERE." "AND STROLLED HERE:" "THE FIRST" "CLASS PROMENADE." "ON "TITANIC," THE DIFFERENT" "CLASSES RARELY MINGLED." "NEAR THE STERN, NOT FAR FROM" "FIRST CLASS BUT A WORLD AWAY," "WAS THE SECOND CLASS LIBRARY." "AMONG THE PASSENGERS WHO MIGHT" "HAVE RELAXED HERE IS FRANZ" "PULBAUM, FROM NEW YORK." "HE WAS A MECHANIC, AND HE" "EVENTUALLY WOUND UP IN THE" "EMPLOY OF THE WITCHING WAVES" "COMPANY, AN ORGANIZATION THAT" "MANUFACTURED CONEY ISLAND" "THRILL RIDES." "INTRODUCED IN 1907 BY" "INVENTOR THEOPHILUS VAN KANNEL," "THE WITCHING WAVES RIDE WAS A" "FORERUNNER TO TODAY'S BUMPER" "CARS." "ITS POPULARITY SPREAD ACROSS" "THE U.S. AND ABROAD..." "WHICH" "MEANT BUSINESS TRIPS FOR FRANZ" "PULBAUM." "THEY WANTED TO OPEN UP A" "RIDE IN LUNA PARK IN PARIS," "FRANCE." "SO PULBAUM WAS SENT ACROSS TO" "FRANCE TO START THE" "INSTALLATION." "FRANZ PULBAUM DOES SUCH A" "GOOD JOB THAT HIS BOSS, VAN" "KANNEL, GIVES HIM A BONUS:" "STOCK IN THE COMPANY, PLUS AN" "UPGRADE FOR HIS TRIP BACK TO" "NEW YORK." "INSTEAD OF RETURNING ON A" "FRENCH SHIP, HE'LL SWITCH, AND" "TAKE THE FANCY NEW LINER" ""TITANIC"." "TO THE WHITE STAR LINE, THE" "REALLY IMPORTANT PASSENGERS," "THE ONES WHO BRING IN THE MOST" "REVENUE, WERE THE ONES WHO" "MIGHT HAVE STOOD HERE, ON THE" "THIRD CLASS PROMENADE DECK:" "IMMIGRANTS, LIKE 19-YEAR-OLD" "MARGARET DEVANEY, COMING TO" "AMERICA FROM IRELAND." "LIFE IN THIRD CLASS WAS LIKE" "A LUXURY RESORT HOTEL AT SEA" "FOR THESE PEOPLE." "IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME" "IN THEIR LIVES THEY HAD AS MUCH" "FOOD AS THEY COULD EAT, AND THAT" "WAS COVERED IN THE COST OF THE" "TICKET." "THEY HAD A GENERAL ROOM FITTED" "WITH A PIANO FOR THE LADIES AND" "THE CHILDREN." "THE THIRD CLASS GENERAL ROOM" "WAS IN THE STERN." "WHEN "TITANIC" BROKE, THE HEAVY" "STERN SECTION SLAMMED INTO THE" "OCEAN FLOOR WITH SUCH FORCE" "THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY" "DEVASTATED." "TODAY, THE STERN IS ALMOST" "UNRECOGNIZABLE." "DID THIS GET KNOCKED OFF, OR" "DID IT GET DEPOSITED ON THE" "SEABED?" "THIS FIRST LOOK AT THE WRECK" "IS PROVING JUST HOW GOOD WOODS" "HOLE'S NEW CAMERAS REALLY ARE." "THE STUNNING IMAGERY..." "SHOT IN" "HIGH-DEFINITION 2-D AND 3-D..." "IS" "A FAR CRY FROM WHAT WAS POSSIBLE" "BACK IN 1985 WHEN ROBERT BALLARD" "SET OUT TO FIND "TITANIC."" "BILL LANGE WAS THERE." "IT WAS MIDNIGHT, 1:00 IN" "THE MORNING." "WE'D SEEN ENOUGH DEBRIS THAT WE" "SAID THERE'S GOT TO BE" "SOMETHING BIG AROUND HERE." "FINALLY DECIDED WE BETTER WAKE" "BOB UP, AND THE REST OF THE" "TEAM UP, 'CAUSE WE WERE STARTING" "TO GO OVER THINGS LIKE BOILERS." "IT'S A BOILER!" "IT LOOKS LIKE" "A BOILER!" "YES!" "AND WHEN WE SAW THE BOILER," "THERE WERE ONLY 3 SHIPS IN" "THE WORLD THAT WERE BUILT WITH" "THAT DESIGN OF BOILER, AND WE" "KNEW WHERE THE OTHER TWO WERE." "SO..." "AFTER 73 YEARS, "TITANIC" IS" "FOUND." "BUT WITH THE DISCOVERY, A NEW" "MYSTERY IS BORN:" "THE BREAKUP." "WE HAD NO IDEA THE SHIP HAD" "BROKEN IN TWO." "FOR "TITANIC" HISTORIANS," "THE 1985 DISCOVERY OF THE" "BREAKUP WAS A REVELATION." "WE HAD ALL COME TO" "ACCEPT THAT THE SHIP HAD SUNK" "IN ONE PIECE." "AND IF YOU'RE FINDING A BOILER," "THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING..." "IT EITHER FELL THROUGH A LITTLE" "HOLE, OR THE WHOLE SHIP CAME" "APART." "[BEEPING]" "THE STERN WAS FOUND ABOUT 2,000 FEET AWAY, TO THE SOUTH." "SHIPS AREN'T SUPPOSED" "TO BREAK IN HALF." "AND TO ME, THAT RAISES THE" "QUESTION, WAS THERE A FATAL" "FLAW?" "THE FANTASY OF "TITANIC"" "INTACT WAS REPLACED BY PROOF" "THAT THE SHIP HAD BROKEN APART," "WHICH RAISED QUESTIONS." "HOW AND WHY DID "TITANIC" BREAK?" "WERE MATERIALS OR DESIGN" "DEFECTIVE?" "THAT'S WHERE" "FANTASY GAVE WAY TO SLOWLY AND" "METHODICALLY BUILDING THE" "EVIDENCE, COLLECTING THE" "IMAGERY, IDENTIFYING THINGS, THE" "FORENSIC STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF" ""TITANIC"." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "THE FORENSIC STUDY AND" "ANALYSIS OF "TITANIC" MAY BE" "REVOLUTIONIZED BY THIS" "EXPEDITION." "WE'RE GOING TO ZOOM A BIT." "NOW THAT THE" "TECHNOLOGY IS TESTED AND" "WORKING, THE NEXT STEP IS TO" "MOVE AWAY FROM THE FAMILIAR AND" "OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN." "THE DEBRIS FIELD..." "HOME TO" "THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF" "TITANIC NEVER BEFORE SEEN." "BUT BEFORE THEY CAN START" "SEARCHING, THERE'S A PROBLEM." "THE CAPTAIN JUST SAID THE" "STORM'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT" "BIGGER AND IT'S NOW STEAMING" "DIRECTLY AT US." "WITH TWO HURRICANES BEARING" "DOWN ON US, IT MAKES MORE SENSE" "TO PULL INTO PORT AND WAIT" "THESE STORMS OUT." "IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING BECAUSE" "WE HAD JUST BEEN BRINGING BACK" "SOME INCREDIBLE DATA." "SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED" "TO LEAVE." "I TOLD THE ROV TEAM THAT WE" "NEED TO GET OFF THE BOTTOM." "WENT BACK TO MY ROOM, AND THEN" "BILL LANGE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR." "HAD TO GO INTO HIS CABIN," "TELLING HIM WHAT PROBLEMS WE" "WERE HAVING 'CAUSE WE HAVE" "MILES AND MILES OF THIS CABLE." "THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT IT" "CAN GET HOOKED ON." "WE'VE GOT ABOUT 4,000 METERS" "OF CABLE OUT." "AND ONE OF THE ROV" "OPERATORS CAME IN AND WHISPERED" "IN MY EAR AND SAID, WE'VE GOT A" "PROBLEM." "WE HAVE A HORRIBLE SITUATION." "AND, YOU KNOW," "DAVE AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER." "WE'VE GOT A HURRICANE EN" "ROUTE, AND WE'RE SNAGGED ON" "THE "TITANIC."" "THIS IS NOT GOOD." "THE ROV TETHER IS CAUGHT IN" "THE WRECKAGE." "THE CAPTAIN SAYS WE'VE GOT" "TO GO." "SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF" "CHOICES TO MAKE." "ONE IS, DO YOU PULL AND CLOSE" "YOUR EYES AND PULL REAL HARD?" "AND IN THAT CASE, WE PULL UP A" "PIECE OF "TITANIC"..." "NOT GOOD..." "A CAREER-ENDING MOVE." "OR, DO YOU CUT THE CABLE?" "AND LEAVE MILLIONS OF" "DOLLARS OF EQUIPMENT ON THE" "OCEAN FLOOR, AND THIS MISSION" "WOULD BE OVER." "STORM COMING, COULD LOSE THE" "VEHICLE." "WHEW!" "TITANIC IN YEARS IS SEARCHING" "FOR NEW PIECES AND MAKING THE" "FIRST-EVER MAP OF THE ENTIRE" "WRECK SITE." "BUT NOW THERE'S A HURRICANE" "APPROACHING, AND THE ROV's" "TETHER IS SNAGGED ON THE WRECK." "IT'S GOING DOWN." "IT'S GOING DOWN AND THEN" "BACK UP." "INSIDE THE ROV CONTROL ROOM," "PILOT MARK HEINRICH IS" "DESPERATELY TRYING TO FREE THE" "VEHICLE." "THE CURRENT SWITCHED" "DIRECTION, AND IT LAID THE" "CABLE RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF THE" "WRECK." "THE CABLE HAS" "GOTTEN IN A SLOT ON THE SIDE OF" "THE SHIP THAT'S ABOUT TWO" "INCHES WIDE." "THE CABLE PINCHED ITSELF IN" "THIS PIECE OF METAL, JUST" "PINCHED TIGHT AS CAN BE." "WOW." "WE'RE CURRENTLY IN ABOUT THE" "WORST SITUATION YOU COULD" "POSSIBLY BE WITH AN ROV IN THE" "WATER, AND THAT IS, RIGHT AT" "THIS MINUTE WE'VE GOT THE ROV" "SNAGGED," "AND WE'VE GOT A SMALL NUMBER OF" "HOURS BEFORE THIS HURRICANE IS" "ON THIS SPOT." "THE STORM IS GOING TO" "TRAVEL FASTER THAN WE CAN." "SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT," "YOU KNOW, WE ERR ON THE SIDE OF" "CAUTION THERE, AS WELL, AND GET" "OUT OF HERE IN TIME." "SO, SHIP'S SAFETY COMES" "FIRST, AND WE'RE OUT OF HERE." "I MEAN, TO SAY IT'S TENSE IS" "PRETTY MUCH AN UNDERSTATEMENT." "WHAT?" "GOT TO POWER BACK UP." "CARRYING 7 CHANNELS OF" "VIDEO, 3,000 VOLTS OF POWER, AND" "ALL COMMANDS TO THE VEHICLE," "THIS CABLE IS THE ROV's" "LIFELINE." "YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE" "BAD..." "THE SNARE IS PINCHING MY" "CABLE, AND IT COULD BREAK THE" "FIBERS AT ANY MINUTE AND CAUSE" "THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF, AND" "THEN WE'D HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO" "GET IT UNTANGLED." "WE EFFECTIVELY HAVE TWO" "CHOICES:" "ONE, WE COULD EITHER" "CUT THE CABLE AND LEAVE" "MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF" "EQUIPMENT ON THE OCEAN FLOOR," "AND THIS MISSION WOULD BE OVER." "OR, WE COULD BEGIN TO WINCH UP" "THE ROV, AND WE MIGHT SERIOUSLY" "DAMAGE "TITANIC."" "MOVE THE SHIP EAST." "ALL RIGHT." "BRIDGE, ROV..." "CAN YOU MOVE" "EAST, TOWARDS THE BOW, THE BOW" "OF THE SHIP." "MOVE EAST, OK." "YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR HEARTS" "ARE STOPPED." "IT'S VERY QUIET." "WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE" "THAT DECISION, ONE OR THE OTHER:" "CUT THE CORD, OR PULL." "IF I COULD GET UP THERE, I" "COULD RAM INTO IT AND PUSH IT" "OVER." "BUT I CAN'T EVEN GET" "UP THERE." "I'M FULL UP." "COME ON, YOU PAIN IN MY ASS!" "WE'VE USED THE LIGHT ARM AND" "THE LIGHT TO HOOK THE TETHER." "LET'S COME BACK UP AND SEE" "IF THAT PULLED FREE." "AND ALL OF A SUDDEN" "IT JUST POPPED OUT." "WE'RE FREE." "WHOO-HOO!" "I MEAN, A PHENOMENAL PIECE" "OF PILOTING ON HIS PART." "LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE WE" "HAD TO BE OUT OF HERE..." "ONE OF" "THE HAPPIEST MOMENTS AT SEA OF" "MY LIFE." "WAY TO GO, BOYS!" "YOU HAD THE BOYS SWEATIN' THERE" "FOR AWHILE, I'M TELLING YOU..." "THEY'RE ALL UP THERE [BLEEP]" "BULLETS!" "LUCKILY, PATIENCE" "PAID OFF AND WE WERE ABLE TO" "SAVE THE ROV." "AND OUR CAREERS." "[LAUGHS]" "HOLD ON!" "JUST IN TIME, THEY" "MAKE IT BACK TO ST." "JOHN'S, 360 MILES AWAY." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP" "UNTIL THIS IS DONE." "WE ARE ALL ITCHING, ESPECIALLY" "ME, I AM ITCHING TO GET BACK" "OUT THERE AND TO PICK UP WHERE" "WE LEFT OFF." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "THEY KNOW PIECES" "ARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE NEVER" "BEEN FOUND, INCLUDING THE" "MISSING MIDDLE." "THE MIDDLE IS THE KEY TO" "UNDERSTANDING HOW AND WHY" "TITANIC BROKE APART, AND" "WHETHER IT WAS A WEAK SHIP." "THE MIDDLE OF" "THE SHIP IS WHERE ALL THE" "ACTION WAS GOING ON." "I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT" "THE BOW SECTION, WE'VE GOT THE" "STERN SECTION." "EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN ARE ALL" "THOSE PARTS IN MOTION." "ONE PART OF THE MISSING" "MIDDLE WAS FOUND IN 2005, ON A" "PREVIOUS HISTORY EXPEDITION," "WHEN BILL LANGE SUGGESTED GOING" "EAST." "WE KNEW WE HAD TARGETS THAT" "WERE TO THE EAST OF THE STERN" "THAT PEOPLE REALLY HADN'T EVER" "LOOKED AT." "SHIPWRECK EXPLORERS JOHN" "CHATTERTON AND RICHIE KOHLER" "DOCUMENTED THE DISCOVERY." "RIGHT OVER" "HERE WE GOT SOMETHING." "WE'RE LOOKING AT" "THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIP!" "THIS IS IT." "THAT'S DOUBLE HULL!" "IT'S SPECTACULAR!" "THIS IS THE" "ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE SHIP, THE" "ENTIRE BOTTOM, FROM PORT TO" "STARBOARD." "THE PIECES WERE FROM" "TITANIC'S DOUBLE BOTTOM." "THE DOUBLE BOTTOM IS THE SPINE" "OF THE SHIP, AND THE KEY TO ITS" "STRENGTH." "TWO HUGE SECTIONS FOUND OUT" "ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE" "DEBRIS FIELD." "TO IDENTIFY WHERE ON THE" "SHIP THEY CAME FROM, THE TEAM" "TURNED TO KEN MARSCHALL." "I WAS TASKED TO DO DIAGRAMS" "OF WHAT THESE TWO PIECES LOOKED" "LIKE." "EACH INDMDUAL PIECE I DREW," "CAREFULLY FIGURED OUT INCH BY" "INCH THE PLATES AND WHAT THESE" "EDGES LOOKED LIKE." "I REMEMBER THE MOMENT WHEN I" "TRIED TO SEE, ARE THESE THINGS" "GOING TO CONNECT?" "TO MY GREAT SATISFACTION, I" "FOUND THAT THESE TWO PIECES FIT" "TOGETHER PERFECTLY." "SO THESE PIECES ARE RIGHT AT" "THE POINT WHERE "TITANIC" BROKE" "APART." "THIS WAS THE FIRST" "PIECE OF THE PUZZLE OF" "THE MISSING MIDDLE SECTION." "AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS GOING" "TO DERIVE FROM THIS." "FINDING THE REST OF THE" "MISSING MIDDLE IS UP TO THIS" "EXPEDITION TEAM." "SO TAKE THE TENSION ON THAT." "WITH THE HURRICANE GONE," "THEY'RE BACK AT "TITANIC."" "NOW THEY CAN START WORK" "CREATING THE FIRST MAP OF THE" "COMPLETE SITE, AND SEARCHING" "FOR ALL THE MISSING PIECES." "WHAT WE'RE LOOKING" "FOR IN THIS MAPPING" "PROJECT IS TO SEE WHERE THE" "PIECES LIE ALL IN RELATION TO" "EACH OTHER." "THAT'S GOING TO BE THE" "IMPORTANCE OF THIS SONAR MAP." "IT'S MUCH TOO BIG" "A JOB FOR THE TETHERED ROV." "INSTEAD, THEY'LL USE A PAIR OF" "THESE:" "AUVs..." "AUTONOMOUS" "UNDERWATER VEHICLES." "SELF-GUIDED ROBOTS CARRYING" "HIGH-RESOLUTION SONAR." "THE ROVs ARE VERY GOOD AT" "LOOKING AT THINGS CLOSE UP." "BUT TO TRY TO GET AN OVERALL" "PICTURE OF WHAT THE WRECK LOOKS" "LIKE AND THE DEBRIS FIELD" "AROUND IT, THAT'S WHAT THE AUV" "IS BRINGING TO THIS SEARCH." "THEY'VE GOT A PAIR OF THEM," "NAMED AFTER TWO WOMEN LOST AT" "SEA ON A 3-HOUR TOUR..." "GINGER AND MARY ANN." "PROCEED AT TWO KNOTS" "TO THE LAUNCH POINT." "THE AUVs ARE" "BASICALLY AUTOMATIC," "TORPEDO-LIKE ROBOTS THAT ARE" "AUTONOMOUS." "WE TELL THEM WHAT TO DO, WE GET" "THEM DOWN THERE, WE GET THEM" "BACK TO THE SURFACE, WE GET" "WHAT WE WANT FROM THEM, WE" "START OVER AGAIN." "VEHICLE IS IN THE WATER." "GINGER AND MARY ANN WILL MAP" "AN AREA 3 BY 5 MILES," "RUNNING BACK AND FORTH..." "MOWING THE LAWN." "YOU DRAW A BOX," "YOU RUN DOWN ONE LENGTH," "YOU TURN, YOU COME BACK." "JUST LIKE BEING OUT IN THE BACK" "YARD AND GOING BACK AND FORTH" "WITH YOUR MOWER." "THIS MAP WILL BE THE FIRST" "LOOK ANYONE HAS EVER HAD AT THE" "ENTIRE WRECK SITE... 15 SQUARE MILES." "WE'RE LOOKING" "AT A BIGGER AREA THAN EVER" "BEFORE, AND ALL OF THAT IS GOING" "TO GET STITCHED TOGETHER INTO" "THE FINAL MOSAIC." "AFTER A CENTURY IN THE" "DARKNESS, EVERY UNKNOWN OBJECT," "EVERY MISSING PIECE OF" "TITANIC IS ABOUT TO BE" "REVEALED." "IT'S TIME TO MAKE THE MAP AND" "EXPLORE WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN" "FOR A HUNDRED YEARS." "COMING UP, NEW WRECKAGE" "FULLY REVEALED FOR THE FIRST" "TIME." "SOUTH OF THE STERN, A POLE" "LYING ON TOP OF A PIECE OF" "STEEL." "SIZE:" "THE COMPLETE POLE WAS" "OVER 100 FEET TALL." "IDENTIFYING FEATURE:" "RUSTED" "STEEL GIVES WAY TO 15 FEET OF" "TEAK WOOD, TIPPED WITH A METAL" "SPIKE." "WHAT IS IT?" "THE TOP OF "TITANIC'S" MAST," "WITH A LIGHTNING ROD AT THE TIP." "A DISTINCTIVE VISUAL FEATURE OF" "TITANIC NEVER BEFORE" "IDENTIFIED." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "THE MOST AMBITIOUS" "EXPEDITION TO "TITANIC" EVER" "ATTEMPTED IS SEARCHING FOR" "EVERY MISSING PIECE OF" "WRECKAGE, AND, FOR THE FIRST" "TIME, MAPPING THE ENTIRE 15-SQUARE-MILE WRECK SITE." "THE DEBRIS FIELD," "IT'S HOLY GROUND." "WHEN INVESTIGATORS ARRIVE AT" "THE SCENE OF A DISASTER, THE" "FIRST AND FOREMOST THING IS TO" "MAP THE DEBRIS." "YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMPLETE" "RECORD OF WHERE EVERY PIECE" "CAME TO REST BEFORE IT IS THEN" "BROUGHT TO THE HANGAR AND" "SQUEEZED FOR MORE SECRETS." "TO MAP "TITANIC,"" "TWO AND A HALF MILES DOWN, THE" "TEAM IS USING A PAIR OF SMART" "ROBOTS NICKNAMED GINGER AND" "MARY ANN..." "WE CLEAR BELOW?" "AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER" "VEHICLES..." "AUVs." "WITH THE AUVs, WITH MARY ANN" "AND GINGER, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY," "I MEAN, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW ERA" "OF SHIPWRECK EXPLORATION AND" "OCEAN EXPLORATION." "NOTHING'S BEEN DONE LIKE THAT" "BEFORE, EVER, IN THE DEEP SEA." "READY TO LAUNCH!" "IT WILL TAKE OVER A WEEK TO" "GATHER THE DATA." "AS I SPEAK RIGHT NOW," "THEY'RE DOWN THERE DOING THEIR" "THING ON THEIR OWN, AND WHEN THE" "PROGRAM TELLS THEM TO, THEY'LL" "COME BACK UP, AND WE'LL CATCH" "'EM, AND WE'LL GET THEIR DATA." "GINGER'S AWAY." "RUNNING BACK-TO-BACK 20-HOUR" "MISSIONS, THE AUVs DON'T STOP" "FOR MEALS OR SLEEP." "RIGHT NOW THE" "HUMANS ARE TRYING AS HARD AS" "THEY CAN TO KEEP UP WITH THE" "VEHICLES." "[ALARM SOUNDS]" "THEN SUDDENLY, ONE" "OF THE AUVs ABORTS." "WHAT'S GOING ON?" "THE VEHICLE HAS" "STOPPED RUNNING, AND IT CAME TO" "THE SURFACE ON ITS OWN." "GINGER HAS RETURNED TO THE" "SHIP, DRAGGING SOMETHING FROM" "TITANIC'S WRECK SITE BEHIND" "HER." "GREG AND I, WHO WERE" "ON THE BACK DECK, BOTH NOTICE" "THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF LINES," "THAT WE CAN SEE THESE TWO LINES" "TRAILING FROM THE VEHICLE." "AND WE'RE STUNNED." "WE DON'T HAVE OPTIONS..." "AND WE GOTTA HAVE OPTIONS." "THE BOAT GOES OFF," "FINDS THE VEHICLE, BRINGS" "IT BACK OVER TO THE SHIP, AND" "AT THE END OF IT IS A LINE" "SHOOTING STRAIGHT DOWN THROUGH" "THE WATER, LIKE IT HAS" "SOMETHING HANGING FROM IT." "A PIECE OF THE WRECK?" "OR SOMETHING ELSE?" "PULL ON IT!" "WE KEEP ON PULLING THIS" "LINE AND RECOVERING IT." "AND LO AND BEHOLD, WHAT WE'RE" "EVENTUALLY RECOVERING ON BOARD" "THE DECK IS A LARGE LEAD ANCHOR" "FROM A PREVIOUS EXPEDITION." "THANKS TO THIS UGLY OLD" "ANCHOR, BEAUTIFUL GINGER WAS" "ALMOST LOST." "I THINK IT WEIGHED 4 OR 5" "POUNDS LESS THAN OUR" "BUOYANCY PROFILE." "SO IF IT HAD CARRIED UP ANOTHER" "HANDFUL OF MUCK, IT PROBABLY" "WOULD HAVE ANCHORED OUR" "TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR VEHICLE TO" "THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN." "AFTER A QUICK INSPECTION AND" "FRESHENING UP, GINGER REJOINS" "MARY ANN, AND THE MAPPING" "RESUMES." "BUT UNTIL THEY HAVE THAT" "MAP, WITH HALF THE WRECK SITE" "STILL UNEXPLORED, QUESTIONS" "ABOUT HOW "TITANIC" BROKE UP," "AND WHETHER SHE WAS A WEAK," "BADLY DESIGNED SHIP, WILL" "REMAIN UNANSWERED." "ONE CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE" "DISASTER IS NOT OPEN TO" "QUESTION AT ALL:" "THE WEATHER." "THE NIGHT OF APRIL 14, 1912," "IT'S EXCEPTIONAL." "THE CALMEST OCEAN" "THAT SAILORS ON BOARD, WHO HAD" "BEEN TO SEA THEIR ENTIRE" "CAREERS, HAD EVER SEEN IN THEIR" "YEARS OF SERVICE." "NO MOON." "SO THEY HAD NO LIGHT, EXCEPT FOR" "STARLIGHT." "NO MOON AND FLAT CALM ARE" "STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL..." "YET, A DEADLY COMBINATION." "BECAUSE IT WAS" "THAT GLASSY SMOOTH, YOU HAVE NO" "WAVES, NO BREAKING OF ANY FOAM" "AROUND THE BASE OF AN ICEBERG." "LOOKOUT FREDERICK FLEET SEES" "A MASS OF BLACKNESS IN FRONT OF" "THE SHIP." "HE DOESN'T SEE THE BERG, WHAT HE" "SEES IS THE ABSENCE OF STARS AND" "AN INTERRUPTION IN THE HORIZON." "HE RINGS THE BELL 3 TIMES," "RACES TO THE TELEPHONE, AND" "SAYS, "ICE RIGHT AHEAD."" "WITHIN SECONDS THE "TITANIC"" "HAS COLLIDED WITH THE ICEBERG." "[EXPLOSION]" "HOW STRONGLY YOU FELT THE" "COLLISION DEPENDED ON WHERE YOU" "WERE IN THE SHIP." "HIGH UP IN FIRST CLASS, IT'S" "POSSIBLE GEORGE AND MAYBELLE" "THORNE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT." "LOWER DOWN IN SECOND CLASS," "FRANZ PULBAUM PROBABLY NOTICED" "SOME VIBRATION." "THIRD CLASS PASSENGERS LIKE" "MARGARET DEVANEY WOULD HAVE" "FELT THE GREATEST IMPACT." "THERE'S ONLY ONE SURVMNG" "EYEWITNESS TO THE ACTUAL POINT" "OF DAMAGE:" "FIREMAN FREDERICK" "BARRETT IN BOILER ROOM 6." "WHAT BARRETT SEES WILL LATER" "PROVE CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING" "TITANIC'S SINKING." "NUMEROUS COMPARTMENTS ARE" "OPENED TO THE SEA, AND THEY NOW" "BEGIN TO FLOOD." "IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE THEY" "DETERMINE THAT THE WOUND IS" "FATAL AND THE SHIP IS GOING TO" "FOUNDER." "IT TOOK LESS THAN 60 SECONDS" "TO SEAL "TITANIC'S" FATE." "SHE WILL HANG ON FOR TWO HOURS" "AND 40 MINUTES, AND THEN SHE'S" "GONE..." "LEAVING QUESTIONS..." "SUSPICIONS..." "AND MYSTERIES." "A CENTURY LATER, SOME THINGS" "ARE KNOWN." "IN THIS HANGAR, WHERE THE TEAM" "IS CONSTRUCTING A VIRTUAL WRECK" "SITE, SMALL TRAILS OF KNOWLEDGE" "SHOW WHERE PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS" "HAVE SEARCHED." "BUT EVEN AFTER NEARLY 20" "EXPEDITIONS, HALF THE SITE IS" "STILL UNEXPLORED." "AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE OUT" "THERE..." "WE SUSPECT..." "BUT THE" "DATA HASN'T COME BACK YET." "THE DATA THAT'S NEEDED..." "THE MAP..." "IS WHAT THIS" "EXPEDITION IS ALL ABOUT." "AFTER DAYS OF MARATHON AUV" "RUNS, THEY'RE GETTING THE FINAL" "DOWNLOAD TO PRINT OUT THE FIRST" "VERSION." "DATA CABLE HAS BEEN PLUGGED" "IN." "HERE WE GO." "RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO" "PRINT OUT THE SONAR SCAN MAP" "THAT THE AUVs CREATED." "A NUMBER OF US GATHERED TO" "VIEW WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN..." "THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN WAITING" "FOR, FOR LITERALLY DECADES," "A PROPER MAP OF "TITANIC."" "SEE, LOOK AT THIS THING..." "HOLY [BLEEP]." "HEY, LOOK AT THAT!" "WHAT WE SEE SO FAR IS REALLY" "EXCITING, AND REALLY PROMISING," "THAT WE'VE MAPPED FAR AND WIDE." "ALL THIS STUFF IS BRAND-NEW" "TO US." "THERE'S A LOT OF ARTIFACTS" "SCATTERED." "YEP, YEP." "OBJECT AFTER OBJECT, NEVER" "BEFORE SEEN." "THEY'RE HUGE..." "SOME OF THEM" "LIKE 3 STORIES." "THE FIRST VERSION OF THE MAP" "IS JUST A PAPER PRINTOUT." "BUT WHEN IT'S FULLY PROCESSED" "BY THE COMPUTER, THIS IS WHAT" "IT REVEALS." "THE BOW SECTION, POINTING" "NORTHEAST..." "HALF A MILE TO THE SOUTH, THE" "DEVASTATED STERN, FACING THE" "OPPOSITE DIRECTION." "AND, ALL AROUND, DEBRIS." "COUNTLESS SMALL FRAGMENTS..." "SCORES OF HUGE PIECES..." "MOSTLY TO THE EAST OF THE" "STERN." "TO ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT A MAP," "YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU" "CAN ROLL OUT AND PUT ON A TABLE" "AND POINT TO AND DRAW ON." "IT'S TOUGH TO TOP THAT." "WITH THIS MAP, THEY CAN NOW" "SEND CAMERAS TO PHOTOGRAPH THE" "MYSTERY PIECES." "AND HUMAN EYES WILL GET THEIR" "FIRST LOOK AT THEM IN A HUNDRED" "YEARS." "WHAT'S THIS?" "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "HOT DIGGITY DAMN!" "COMING UP, NEW WRECKAGE FULLY" "REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME." "JUST NORTHEAST OF THE STERN," "A STRUCTURE OF MULTIPLE DECKS." "SIZE: 3 STORIES TALL, 50 FEET ACROSS..." "HALF THE" "WIDTH OF THE ENTIRE SHIP." "IDENTIFYING FEATURE:" "THE" "U-SHAPE SURROUNDING A HUGE" "CAVITY." "WHAT IS IT?" "AN AIR AND LIGHT SHAFT" "VENTILATING "TITANIC'S" MASSIVE" "ENGINES." "A PIECE OF THE MISSING" "MIDDLE NEVER BEFORE IDENTIFIED." "THE MOST AMBITIOUS "TITANIC"" "EXPEDITION EVER MADE HAS" "COMPLETED THE FIRST SONAR MAP" "OF THE ENTIRE WRECK SITE." "TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SEE AN" "AREA OF 3 BY 5 MILES," "FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE DEEP OCEAN" "IS INCREDIBLE." "HAVING THAT IMAGE IS SOMETHING" "THAT EVERY EXPEDITION'S ALWAYS" "WANTED." "THIS ONE IS A HUGE ONE." "IT'S THE FIRST TIME ANYONE'S" "BEEN ABLE TO VIEW THE COMPLETE" "SCENE OF THE DISASTER." "AND IT'S FULL OF OBJECTS THAT" "MAY BE PIECES OF "TITANIC"" "NEVER BEFORE SEEN." "WE ARE USING THE MAP TO" "IDENTIFY WHAT THE PRINCIPAL" "TARGETS ARE." "WHAT DO WE WANT TO GET?" "LET'S PRIORITIZE THEM." "WITH THE BENEFIT OF THIS" "MAP, WE CAN NOW GO OUT WITH THE" "ROV AND DO, YOU KNOW, TARGETED," "HIGH-DEF VIDEO FOOTAGE TO" "IDENTIFY SOME OBJECTS THAT" "HAVEN'T BEEN IMAGED BEFORE." "THIS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING." "THESE ARE DEFINITELY OBJECTS." "HUNDREDS OF UNKNOWN PIECES." "THE TEAM HAS SELECTED" "PROMISING TARGETS, AND NOW" "THE ROV IS GOING IN WITH" "CAMERAS TO GET CLOSE-UP IMAGES." "TURN TO YOUR PORT." "THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO BE." "THE ROV APPROACHES THE FIRST" "TARGET." "LYING IN" "FRONT OF THE BOW, THE FORWARD" "HATCH COVER." "WHEN THE BOW HIT BOTTOM, THE" "COVER FLEW OFF AND LANDED IN" "THE MUD." "FAR TO THE SOUTH AND EAST," "A TRIANGLE OF HUGE OBJECTS." "TWO WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE 2005 HISTORY EXPEDITION..." "GIANT" "PIECES OF DOUBLE BOTTOM, THE" "SHIP'S SPINE, 70 FEET OF" "TITANIC'S HULL RIGHT WHERE" "SHE BROKE." "AT THE EDGES OF THE BREAK," "HOLES WHERE RIVETS GAVE WAY." "THE THIRD..." "A PILE AS BIG" "AS A 3-STORY BUILDING..." "IS A MYSTERY." "OK, HERE WE GO." "WE'RE" "GETTING REALLY CLOSE NOW." "FIRST GLIMPSED IN 2005, THIS" "PILE HAS NEVER BEEN DOCUMENTED" "IN SUCH DETAIL BEFORE." "CLOSER TO THE STERN," "A CLUSTER OF 5 BOILERS," "WEIGHING OVER 50 TONS EACH." "IN THESE MASSIVE CYLINDERS," "COAL WAS BURNED TO CREATE THE" "STEAM THAT POWERED THE ENTIRE" "SHIP." "HIDDEN NEAR ONE OF THE" "BOILERS, A FRAME FOR A" "REVOLVING DOOR..." "WRECKAGE" "NEVER SEEN BEFORE NOW." "IT WAS SUPPLIED BY THE SAME MAN" "WHO DESIGNED THE WITCHING WAVES" "RIDE, THEOPHILUS VAN KANNEL..." "PASSENGER FRANZ PULBAUM'S BOSS." "NORTHEAST OF THE BOILERS," "A HUGE SECTION OF "TITANIC'S"" "SIDE, CALLED SHELL PLATING." "LONGER THAN 60 FEET, AND" "PROBABLY WEIGHING OVER 40 TONS," "ITS INCH-THICK STEEL IS BENT 90 DEGREES BY THE VIOLENCE." "THE TOP OF THE NUMBER TWO" "FUNNEL..." "[HORN BLASTS]" "PANCAKED ALMOST BEYOND" "RECOGNITION." "THE BRONZE STEAM WHISTLES GIVE" "IT AWAY." "JUST OFF THE SIDE OF THE" "STERN, STILL ANOTHER GIGANTIC" "PILE, OVER 100 FEET ACROSS." "IT'S A TANGLE OF MULTIPLE" "DECKS, NEVER IDENTIFIED." "NORTH OF THE STERN, A" "LOW-PRESSURE ENGINE CYLINDER," "PART OF "TITANIC'S" POWER PLANT." "AND, RIGHT NEXT TO THE" "CYLINDER, A TOWERING PILE AT" "LEAST 30 FEET TALL..." "THE SIZE OF" "AN APARTMENT BUILDING." "MORE MYSTERY DEBRIS, PROBABLY" "WE ARE STARTING TO NOTICE" "ADDITIONAL PIECES IN THE DEBRIS" "FIELD THAT HELP FILL IN THE" "MISSING AREAS OF THE WRECK AND" "THAT HOLD SOME INTERESTING" "CLUES ON HOW THE SHIP BROKE UP" "AND SANK, WE HOPE." "THERE ARE MULTIPLE BIG" "PIECES THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW" "ABOUT, CERTAINLY A LOT OF CLUES" "IN WHAT WE'VE SEEN THAT WILL" "HELP US PIECE TOGETHER THE" "DETAILS OF HOW "TITANIC"" "ACTUALLY MADE ITS WAY TO THE" "BOTTOM." "RIGHT TO THE FRAME..." "PUT IT" "IN THE FRAME." "NEARLY A WEEK OF DIVES" "FOLLOWS." "OBJECT AFTER OBJECT IS IMAGED" "FOR THE FIRST TIME." "BUT WHAT IS IT, THOUGH?" "THIS IS THE BLOCK THAT WE" "SURVEYED." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "AFTER THEY STARTED OUT, THE" "LAST DIVE ENDS." "ALL RIGHT." "GOOD." "GREAT JOB, GUYS!" "GREAT JOB!" "[APPLAUSE]" "[APPLAUSE] THE EXPEDITION HAS DONE ITS" "JOB." "AT LAST, A CENTURY AFTER" "TITANIC SANK, A COMPLETE MAP" "OF THE SITE NOW EXISTS, AS DOES" "HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO OF ALL" "THE NEWLY DISCOVERED DEBRIS." "THE FIRST STEP, GATHERING" "INFORMATION, HAS BEEN A SUCCESS." "NEXT COMES THE MOST IMPORTANT" "PART:" "THE LONG PROCESS OF" "FIGURING OUT WHAT ALL THESE NEW" "CLUES MEAN." "NOW, OUR ANALYSIS CAN REALLY" "TAKE OFF." "BEFORE WE'RE DONE," "WE'RE STARTING TO DO CSI:" ""TITANIC"." "YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE REALLY" "GETTING DOWN TO THE" "NITTY-GRITTY." "WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT?" "WHY ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE" "SHIP IN CERTAIN PLACES?" "WE HOPE, PIECING THE SHIP" "BACK TOGETHER, TO UNLOCK THE" "MYSTERIES OF WHAT REALLY" "HAPPENED THAT NIGHT." "WHY DID THE SUPPOSEDLY" "UNSINKABLE SHIP GO DOWN SO FAST?" "DID "TITANIC" HAVE DEFECTIVE" "MATERIALS OR A DESIGN FLAW?" "THE TEAM'S SEARCH FOR ANSWERS" "THE MOST AMBITIOUS" "EXPEDITION EVER TO EXPLORE" "TITANIC IS BACK IN PORT, WITH" "HOURS OF HI-DEF IMAGERY AND THE" "FIRST COMPLETE MAP OF THE" "ENTIRE WRECK SITE." "THE MAP ITSELF OBVIOUSLY IS" "A FIRST-TIME-EVER WORK PRODUCT." "PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CLAMORING FOR" "THIS FOR, ON "TITANIC," FOR" "LITERALLY DECADES." "NOW COMES THE CRITICAL PHASE." "WE'RE GETTING TOGETHER TO" "BEGIN THE ANALYSIS." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS" "GROUP IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE" "DATA AND THE IMAGERY THAT WE" "BROUGHT BACK." "IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE" "WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT." "WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD" "ABOUT THIS IS NOW, WITH THIS" "LEVEL OF DETAIL, WHAT LOOKS" "LIKE CHAOS ACTUALLY HAS" "PATTERNS." "IT'S UP TO THIS TEAM TO" "DECIPHER THOSE PATTERNS." "EVERYONE IS INTERESTED IN THE" "SINKING." "BUT IN ADDITION, EACH MEMBER" "WILL USE THE MAP AND VIDEO FOR" "THEIR OWN SPECIALTY." "EVERYBODY'S SKILL SET" "AND DATA, COMING TOGETHER TO" "GIVE..." "U.S. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS" "JAMES DELGADO AND DAVE ALBERG" "WILL STUDY "TITANIC" AS AN" "ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE." "SAY, OK, THIS IS" "HOW IT'S CHANGING..." "WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHER" "DAVE GALLO WILL EXAMINE THE SEA" "FLOOR AROUND THE WRECK." "BILL LANGE WILL CONCENTRATE ON" "THE IMAGERY, WORKING TO CREATE" "WIDE-ANGLE VIEWS OF "TITANIC"" "THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN" "BEFORE." "THOSE OPTICAL MOSAICS..." "PARKS STEPHENSON WILL PURSUE" "TWO SEPARATE LINES OF INQUIRY:" "ONE, HE'LL INVESTIGATE THE" "STRENGTH OF "TITANIC'S" RIVETS." "TWO, HE'LL WORK WITH MARINE" "ARTIST KEN MARSCHALL AND RMS" "TITANIC HISTORIAN BILL SAUDER" "TO IDENTIFY NEW PIECES OF" "WRECKAGE." "THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS" "THAT EACH PIECE HAS TO EACH" "OTHER IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL." "WHEN ALL THIS WORK IS DONE," "IT WILL REPRESENT THE GREATEST" "BODY OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE" "EVER ASSEMBLED ON "TITANIC."" "THE ANALYSIS, BECAUSE IT" "HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE, IT" "COULD TAKE MONTHS, IT COULD" "TAKE YEARS." "SO WE'RE REALLY ANXIOUS TO GET" "AT THAT STEP." "NOW THE TEAM SPLITS UP, AND" "EVERYONE GETS TO WORK ON THEIR" "OWN." "IN VIRGINIA, MARINE" "ARCHAEOLOGISTS JIM DELGADO AND" "DAVE ALBERG ARE BEGINNING TO" "MONITOR "TITANIC" AS AN" "ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE." "YOU GET THAT SENSE OF THE" "EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE IN THE FORM" "OF THEIR BELONGINGS, THEIR" "SHOES..." "PARTICULARLY THE" "SHOES AND THE REALIZATION..." "THE GOAL OF MARINE" "ARCHEOLOGY IS TO BETTER" "UNDERSTAND THE PAST, IN" "PARTICULAR, HUMAN BEINGS IN THE" "PAST, THROUGH WHAT'S LEFT" "BEHIND." "EVERYTHING THAT WAS ENCLOSED IN" "THAT SHIP, NOW SPREAD OUT ON" "THE SEABED, TELLS US ABOUT THEM." "THIS ISN'T JUST AN" "INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE, THIS WAS" "A TRAGEDY OF THE FIRST ORDER." "I THINK THAT WORKING WITH THE" "ARTIFACTS RECOVERED FROM" "TITANIC HAS FILLED IN A LOT" "OF PERSONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE" "PASSENGERS WHO HAVE BEEN LOST," "AND WHICH WE WOULD NEVER KNOW" "UNLESS THOSE ARTIFACTS HAD BEEN" "RECOVERED." "OVER 5,000 ARTIFACTS HAVE" "BEEN RETRIEVED SINCE 1985." "THEY ARE PRESERVED AND" "EXHIBITED BY RMS TITANIC," "INCORPORATED." "CURATOR OF THE COLLECTION IS" "ALEX KLINGELHOFER." "IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY" "AT AN ORDINARY," "EVERYDAY OBJECT, THEN YOU" "SUDDENLY SEE THE WORLD OPEN UP" "AND YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW" "STORY, AN INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE" "OF ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ON" ""TITANIC"." "AMONG THE PASSENGERS" "WHOSE ARTIFACTS HAVE" "BEEN RECOVERED, FRANZ PULBAUM." "HIS SUITCASE HELD HIS" "TAPE MEASURE..." "AND STOCK CERTIFICATE FROM THE" "WITCHING WAVES COMPANY." "GEORGE AND MAYBELLE THORNE'S" "BAG CONTAINED A LUGGAGE RECEIPT" "FROM SRI LANKA..." "DOCUMENTS FROM BOMBAY..." "EGYPT..." "JAPAN." "EGYPT..." "JAPAN." "AND A LETTER THAT REVEALS A" "SCANDAL THEY WERE KEEPING" "SECRET." "HE WAS TAKING A" "ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP WITH A" "WOMAN THAT WAS NOT HIS WIFE." "SHE'S MARRIED TO ONE MAN IN NEW" "YORK AND TRAVELING AROUND THE" "WORLD WITH ANOTHER MAN WHO'S" "NOT HER HUSBAND." "TO KEEP THE SECRET, GEORGE" "HAS BEEN FORGING HIS NAME." "DOCUMENTS IN HIS BAG REVEAL" "HE'S REALLY GEORGE ROSENSHINE." "MARGARET DEVANEY'S STORY IS" "ALSO BROUGHT TO LIFE BY AN" "ARTIFACT..." "A POCKET KNIFE," "GIVEN TO HER BY HER BROTHER AS" "SHE WAS LEAVING HOME IN IRELAND." "THE NIGHT "TITANIC" HIT THE" "ICEBERG, MARGARET WAS PEELING" "APPLES USING THIS KNIFE." "KEEPING THE KNIFE WITH HER" "WOULD PROVE TO HAVE PROFOUND" "CONSEQUENCES." "AND SO WHAT LIES DOWN THERE" "TODAY IS A TIME CAPSULE OF 1912." "WHO THEY WERE, HOW THEY LIVED," "AND IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES EVEN" "HOW THEY DIED." "A DAY AND A HALF AWAY FROM" "THOSE DREAMS STARTING..." "WHILE THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS" "START THEIR WORK, PARKS" "STEPHENSON IS ABOUT TO SHOW KEN" "MARSCHALL AND BILL SAUDER WHAT" "THE EXPEDITION BROUGHT BACK." "I COULD NOT CONTACT BILL OR" "KEN QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE I HAD" "SEEN THINGS IN THE IMAGERY THAT" "JUST BLEW MY MIND." "THEY MEET IN PARKS' HOME" "TOWN OF SAN DIEGO, AT ONE OF" "HIS FAVORITE SPOTS:" "THE" "HISTORIC STEAMSHIP "BERKELEY."" "THE ARCHITECTURE ABOARD," "ESPECIALLY IN HER" "SALOON DECK, IS VERY" "REMINISCENT OF "TITANIC."" "SO WHAT BETTER PLACE TO LOOK AT" "THE IMAGERY THAN IN AN" "ENVIRONMENT THAT EVOKED THAT" "AGE?" "WE HAD THESE BEAUTIFUL TIE-INS" "TO THE "TITANIC" STORY RIGHT" "THERE AS WE DO OUR ANALYSIS." "I THINK ONE OF THE GENIUS" "THINGS ABOUT THIS EXPEDITION," "SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN" "DONE BEFORE, WAS THE WAY THEY" "CREATED A MAP, WHICH I'M GONNA" "PULL UP RIGHT HERE." "NOW," "HERE YOU SEE ESSENTIALLY THE" "FULL WRECK SITE." "BUT WHAT I CAN DO HERE IS I CAN" "ZOOM IN ON AREAS." "OH, MY GOD..." "THIS IS LIKE LOOKING AT THE" "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON FOR THE" "FIRST TIME." "YES!" "YES!" "WE NOW CAN SEE HOW THE" "PIECES LANDED ON THE BOTTOM..." "RIGHT." "WHICH IS, YOU KNOW," "A CRITICAL PART" "OF ANY CRIME SCENE." "AND WHAT'S REALLY" "INTERESTING IS LOOK AT HOW IT" "SHOWS ALL THE BOTTOM SCALLOPING." "YOU SEE THAT?" "IT'S LIKE THESE ITEMS ARE" "ACTUALLY SITTING IN IMPACT" "BASINS." "JUST LIKE A METEOROID HAD" "HIT THE MOON." "RIGHT." "COPERNICUS." "OK, HERE'S SOMETHING I'M" "REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW TO YOU." "I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT" "THIS." "LOOK AT THE HEIGHT OF THAT" "THING!" "IT LOOKS LIKE A BLOCK OF" "APARTMENTS THAT JUST..." "YEAH, WHICH REALLY..." "FELL OUT OF THE SKY." "THIS IS A MASSIVE PIECE!" "ONCE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT" "THESE PIECES ARE, THEN WE CAN" "START OUR PROCESS OF PUTTING" "THE SHIP BACK TOGETHER." "MMM." "THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL" "HERE..." "I MEAN, A LOT." "OVER THE COMING MONTHS, KEN" "MARSCHALL AND BILL SAUDER WILL" "STUDY HOURS OF UNDERWATER VIDEO." "AND PARKS WILL INVESTIGATE" "WHETHER WEAK RIVETS MAY HAVE" "BEEN A FACTOR IN "TITANIC'S"" "SINKING." "EXPEDITION VIDEO REVEALS" "SOME PLACES WHERE RIVETS BROKE" "AND POPPED OUT OF THEIR HOLES." "BUT PARKS HAS ALSO SEEN OTHER" "PLACES WHERE INCH-THICK STEEL" "IS BENT INTO AN S-CURVE..." "YET" "THE RIVETS HELD AND DID NOT" "POP." "WERE "TITANIC'S" RIVETS" "DEFECTIVE?" "THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON" "HERE THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND." "HOW AND WHY DID "TITANIC"" "BREAK?" "WERE THERE ERRORS IN DESIGN?" "THE TEAM IS CLOSING IN ON THE" "MYSTERY." "A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE" "SINKING, THE SONAR MAP AND ROV" "VIDEO ARE HELPING THE DIFFERENT" "TEAMS CLOSE IN ON A NEW PICTURE" "OF HOW "TITANIC" SANK," "FIGURE OUT HOW THE SHIP BROKE" "APART, AND WHETHER IT HAD A" "FATAL FLAW." "SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT IT" "DID..." "ITS RIVETS." "EXPEDITION VIDEO SHOWS EMPTY" "HOLES WHERE RIVETS GAVE WAY." "BUT IN OTHER PLACES, DESPITE" "RADICAL BENDING, RIVETS HELD" "STRONG." "TO LEARN MORE ABOUT" "RIVETS, PARKS STEPHENSON IS IN" "SEATTLE WITH "TITANIC"" "HISTORIAN DANIEL BUTLER." "PARKS, HOW YOU DOING?" "BLACKSMITH STEVE HOWELL" "AND BUTLER HAVE" "PRODUCED HISTORICALLY CORRECT" "REPLICAS OF "TITANIC'S" RIVETS," "USING HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD IRON." "I WAS ABLE TO GET THE" "SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE RIVETS" "THAT WERE USED IN THE "TITANIC"" "FROM HARLAND AND" "WOLFE IN BELFAST." "THE AGE OF THE MATERIAL IS" "FROM THE EARLY 1900s, BUT IT'S" "VERY, UH, CLOSE TO THE SAME" "SPECIES OF WROUGHT IRON USED IN" "THE "TITANIC"." ""TITANIC" WAS MADE OF STEEL" "PLATES HELD TOGETHER BY RIVETS... 3 MILLION OF THEM." "SOME BELIEVE THOSE RIVETS WERE" "MADE OF INFERIOR METAL, AND" "THEY FAILED TOO EASILY DURING" "THE COLLISION, OPENING A SEAM" "BETWEEN TWO PLATES." "THIS SCENARIO IS BORNE OUT" "BY TESTIMONY FROM THE ONLY" "SURVMNG EYEWITNESS TO THE" "DAMAGE:" "FIREMAN FREDERICK" "BARRETT DOWN IN BOILER ROOM 6." "HE DESCRIBES" "WATER COMING IN VERY FAST, TWO" "FEET ABOVE THE PLATES ON WHICH" "HE WAS STANDING." "IT PUTS IT AT A JUNCTION" "BETWEEN TWO OF THE PLATES THAT" "MAKE UP THE SIDE OF THE HULL," "WHICH IMPLIES THE RIVETS" "FAILED FOR WHATEVER REASON." "SO, TO INVESTIGATE THE WEAK" "RIVET THEORY, THE MEN ARE" "PLANNING A TEST." "STEVE HOWELL HAS BUILT AN EXACT" "REPLICA OF "TITANIC'S" SEAM," "BASED ON ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS:" "ONE-INCH STEEL PLATE HELD" "TOGETHER BY RIVETS MADE OF" "HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD IRON." "IT'S VIRTUALLY A POUND AND A" "HALF OF WROUGHT IRON PER RIVET." "IN ONE SHOT YOU'VE GOT TO" "TAKE THAT AND JUST POW, AND" "REALLY JUST FORCE THAT INTO" "THAT HOLE AS QUICKLY AS" "POSSIBLE." "AT ONE FOOT BY FOUR FEET," "THIS RIVETED STEEL SECTION IS" "LIKE A TINY PIECE OF "TITANIC'S"" "SIDE..." "YET EVEN SO, IT WEIGHS 300 POUNDS." "WE'RE READY TO LOAD OUT," "GUYS." "NEXT, THEY'LL TAKE THE" "SAMPLES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF" "WASHINGTON MATERIALS SCIENCE" "LAB TO PUT "TITANIC'S" RIVETS TO" "THE TEST." "THE CML ENGINEERING" "DEPARTMENT HAS MACHINES SET UP" "THAT TEST STRESS." "WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO TEST" "THE STRENGTH OF OUR "TITANIC"" "SPECIMENS AGAINST FORCES THAT" "WOULD HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED" "DURING THE COLLISION." "THE MACHINE, A HYDRAULIC" "TEST FRAME, WILL APPLY CRUSHING" "FORCE TO THE SAMPLE..." "JUST" "LIKE THE ICEBERG WOULD HAVE" "APPLIED FORCE TO "TITANIC."" "THEY KNOW RIVETS WILL BREAK..." "THE QUESTION IS, HOW WILL THEY" "BREAK?" "THE PREVAILING THOUGHT IS" "THAT ONCE A RIVET HEAD GOES," "THEY ALL UNZIP." "ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY," "IT'S LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS;" "AS SOON AS ONE FAILS, THE REST" "IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSE." "NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW" "EXACTLY HOW MUCH FORCE THE" "ICEBERG EXERTED." "BUT IF THE CRITICS ARE RIGHT," "ONCE ONE RIVET FAILS, THE" "OTHERS WILL ALSO FAIL IN QUICK" "SUCCESSION, UNZIPPING THE" "ENTIRE SEAM." "SO, VINCE, YOU READY TO START" "APPLYING?" "GO AHEAD." "[INDISTINCT] 10,000 POUNDS." "WOW." "20,000." "LOT OF COMPRESSION STRESS ON" "THE PLATE ITSELF." "A RIVET POPS." "30,000.00" "THE PRESSURE CONTINUES TO" "RISE, BUT THE OTHER RIVETS" "DON'T UNZIP." "THE STEEL HAS DEFORMED, BUT THE" "SEAM IS STILL INTACT." "LOOKS LIKE THE" "JOINT'S PRETTY STRONG." "WITH WROUGHT IRON RIVETS." "YEAH." "NOT A SIMPLE" "FAILURE BY ANY MEANS." "NO..." ""TITANIC'S" RIVETS DON'T" "SEEM TO BE A FATAL FLAW." "BUT THERE'S ONE MORE TEST TO" "PERFORM." "A FRIEND OF PARKS, MARITIME" "HISTORIAN SIMON MILLS, HAS MADE" "A STUNNING DISCOVERY:" "BURIED IN" "BRITISH ARCHIVES, ORIGINAL" "DOCUMENTS FROM DESIGNER THOMAS" "ANDREWS' ASSISTANT, EDWARD" "WILDING, SHOWING THAT IN" "FEBRUARY 1912, A SEAM ON" "TITANIC WAS CHANGED JUST" "BEFORE SHE SAILED." "JANUARY 1912." "JUST 3 MONTHS" "BEFORE "TITANIC'S" MAIDEN" "VOYAGE, HER SISTER SHIP," "OLYMPIC, HITS A SEVERE STORM." "RIVET PROBLEMS CAUSE A SEAM TO" "LEAK." "THEY HAD SUFFERED SOME" "LOOSENED RIVETS AND SOME" "SEEPING OF WATER THAT SENT HER" "BACK TO THE DRY DOCK, WHERE" "REPAIRS WERE MADE." "AND FOR "TITANIC," THEY DECIDED" "THAT TO KEEP THIS FROM" "HAPPENING TO HER, THEY WOULD" "ADD A REINFORCING STRAP." "TO REINFORCE "TITANIC,"" "RIVETS ARE DRILLED OUT," "AN EXTRA STRAP OF" "STEEL IS ADDED, AND NEW RIVETS" "PUT IN." "THIS ORIGINAL DRAWING SHOWS THE" "NEW STEEL MARKED IN RED." "AND WHERE WAS THIS SEAM THAT" "WAS CHANGED?" "BOILER ROOM 6." "AT EXACTLY" "THE SAME PLACE THAT BARRETT" "HAD SEEN THIS WATER COMING IN." "WAS THIS LAST-MINUTE CHANGE" "A TERRIBLE MISTAKE?" "DID THE REDESIGN OF THE SEAM" "CREATE A FATAL FLAW?" "WE NEED TO TEST" "THIS SEAM TO SEE IF THE" "MODIFICATION MADE TO "TITANIC"" "MADE HER WEAKER." "JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL SEAM," "THE NEW SEAM WILL BE TESTED IN" "THE SAME WAY." "LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THE" "PRESSURE ON." "10,000.00" "10,000.00 25,000 POUNDS." "THERE IT GOES." "IT'S ABOUT LIKE 35,000" "POUNDS RIGHT NOW." "AGAIN, A RIVET POPS," "BUT THE OTHERS HOLD." "AT THIS POINT," "THAT'S STILL A WATERTIGHT SEAM." "THE IDEA OF THE RIVETS JUST" "UNZIPPING, I DON'T SEE THAT YET." "NO." "NO, NO." "NO, NOT AT ALL." "AS A SINGLE RIVET FAILED," "THE OTHER RIVETS PICKED UP THE" "LOAD." "NO UNZIPPING OF RIVETS, AND," "IF ANYTHING, THE MODIFIED SEAM" "IS EVEN STRONGER THAN THE" "ORIGINAL." "...FROM RIVET TO RIVET." "NEITHER THE SEAM NOR THE" "RIVETS APPEARS TO BE A FATAL" "FLAW." "EVERY SINGLE" "ONE OF OUR WROUGHT IRON RIVETS" "HAD CRACKS IN THE HEAD FLAYING" "AROUND THE EDGES." "YET AS IMPERFECT AS THEY WERE," "THOSE RIVETS OUTLASTED THE" "STEEL PLATE." "PROBABLY, THE ICEBERG DID" "OPEN UP A SEAM..." "BUT NOT BECAUSE" "THE RIVETS OR DESIGN WERE" "DEFECTIVE." "THE FORCE WAS SIMPLY" "OVERWHELMING." "BUT WHATEVER CAUSED THE SEAM" "TO OPEN, WITH TOO FEW" "LIFEBOATS, AT LEAST A THOUSAND" "PEOPLE ARE NOW DOOMED." "FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS, LIKE" "GEORGE ROSENSHINE AND MAYBELLE" "THORNE, HAVE THE BEST CHANCE." "THEY'RE FIRST TO GET THE WORD TO" "EVACUATE." "BUT GEORGE WILL PROBABLY" "HAVE TO STAY BEHIND." "THE RULE IS WOMEN AND CHILDREN" "FIRST." "FOR WITCHING WAVES MECHANIC" "FRANZ PULBAUM, THE ODDS ARE" "GRIM. 92 PERCENT OF THE MEN" "IN SECOND CLASS WILL DIE BEFORE" "THIS NIGHT IS OUT." "AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR" "IRISH EMIGRANT MARGARET DEVANEY" "EITHER." "EVEN THOUGH SHE'S" "FEMALE, MORE THAN HALF THE" "WOMEN IN THIRD CLASS WILL NOT" "SURVIVE." "[PEOPLE SCREAMING]" "RETURNED, KEN MARSCHALL AND RMS" "TITANIC HISTORIAN BILL SAUDER" "HAVE BEEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY" "NEW PIECES OF WRECKAGE." "ONE ESPECIALLY INTRIGUING" "PIECE IS AN ENORMOUS PILE EAST" "OF THE STERN." "TO COME ACROSS AN UNKNOWN" "MASS OF DEBRIS THIS HUGE FOR" "THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS LIKE" "SKYROCKETS GOING OFF." "AFTER MONTHS OF WORK ON" "THEIR OWN, THEY GET TOGETHER" "AND COMPARE NOTES." "TO THE ORDINARY EYE, IT'S A" "CONFUSING MASS OF TWISTED METAL." "BUT TO THESE EXPERTS, IT SPEAKS" "VOLUMES." "WE'VE GOT ONE OF THESE VERY" "IDENTIFIABLE LOOPED WATER" "PRESSURE PIPES, WHICH THE THIRD" "FUNNEL HAD MANY OF." "A PIECE OF PIPE WITH A" "DISTINCTIVE HAIRPIN CURVE." "THERE'S THE EXPANSION JOINT," "THE COVER PLATE THAT ACTUALLY" "GOES INTO THE MASS OF WRECKAGE." "IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF" "WHATEVER THIS IS." "A BRASS PLATE THAT COVERED" "THE EXPANSION JOINT, A SEAM IN" "THE UPPER STRUCTURE." "WE'VE GOT A DECK LIGHT" "MOUNTED SIDEWAYS TO A VERTICAL" "BULKHEAD, AND THOSE ONLY" "EXISTED ON BOAT DECK." "A DISTINCTIVE LIGHT FIXTURE" "FROM THE VERY SAME AREA OF THE" "SHIP AS THE CURVED PIPE AND" "BRASS COVER PLATE." "WELL, I'VE GOT MY VOTE FOR" "WHERE THIS PILE CAME FROM." "I SEE A LOT OF EVIDENCE FOR IT" "BEING RIGHT THERE..." "UNDERNEATH" "THE THIRD FUNNEL." "I AGREE, THERE'S NO QUESTION" "THE CORE OF THIS OBJECT IS" "BUILT AROUND THE NUMBER THREE" "FUNNEL." "A HUGE NEW PIECE, NEVER" "BEFORE IDENTIFIED." "THIS WAS A BIG CHUNK OF" ""TITANIC" WE HAD NO IDEA" "EXISTED." "THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE ARE" "STARTING TO FALL INTO PLACE." "WE'VE GOT THE ENTIRE BOTTOM 70 FEET OF MISSING SPACE HERE." "AND NOW WE'VE GOT THE TOP OF IT." "THIS IS STARTING TO TELL US" "SOMETHING." "OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS," "THE TEAM IDENTIFIES OTHER MAJOR" "CHUNKS OF "TITANIC'S" FRACTURE" "ZONE." "A YEAR AFTER THE EXPEDITION," "THEY CAN NOW VIRTUALLY" "REASSEMBLE THE MISSING MIDDLE." "THE TEAM IS CLOSING IN ON" "THE MYSTERY, STARTING TO" "REVERSE ENGINEER THE SINKING..." "DECONSTRUCT THE BREAKUP..." "AND LEARN IF "TITANIC" HAD A" "FATAL FLAW." "IN THE YEAR SINCE THE" "EXPEDITION, THE TEAM HAS BEEN" "WORKING TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE" "SINKING..." "DECONSTRUCT THE BREAKUP.." "AND LEARN IF "TITANIC" HAD A" "FATAL FLAW." "AS THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY" "OF "TITANIC" APPROACHES, IN" "WOODS HOLE, THE SCIENTISTS ARE" "SHARING REVELATIONS FROM THEIR" "WORK SO FAR." "OCEANOGRAPHER DAVE GALLO" "LEADS OFF." "WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE AREA," "WE HAD A..." "STUDYING THE SONAR MAP, HE'S" "MADE A SHOCKING DISCOVERY." "THESE DUNES ARE HUGE." "THAT'S" "THE BOW HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE" "MANY OF THESE DUNES ACTUALLY" "DWARF THE SHIP ITSELF." "HUGE RIDGES OF SAND, NOT" "PHOTOGRAPHED, BUT OBVIOUS ON" "THE SONAR MAP, ARE CREEPING" "INEXORABLY TOWARD "TITANIC."" "THESE ARE LARGE AMOUNTS OF" "SAND ACTUALLY MOVING ACROSS THE" "SEA FLOOR." "SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IF THEY'RE" "ACTIVE TODAY, ONE OF THESE" "THINGS COULD RUN RIGHT OVER THE" "TOP OF THE "TITANIC" DEBRIS" "FIELD." "IT'S LONG BEEN ASSUMED THAT" "THE WRECK WILL EVENTUALLY RUST" "AWAY." "BUT PERHAPS "TITANIC'S" ULTIMATE" "FATE IS TO BE BURIED." "COULD YOU SHOW THE TRACK OF" "THAT DIVE..." "NEXT, NOAA's JIM DELGADO" "REPORTS ON THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL" "WORK TO DATE." "EVERY PIECE OF THE" "HULL HAS BEEN LOOKED AT." "IN TERMS OF WHERE THINGS ARE" "LOCATED ON THE SEABED," "THERE ARE PATTERNS." "HEAVY SHIP PARTS ARE" "CLUSTERED NEAR THE STERN..." "LIGHTER DEBRIS, LIKE COAL AND" "DISHES, FARTHER AWAY." "THEY PROBABLY TOOK LONGER TO" "FALL AND WERE CARRIED BY THE" "CURRENT." "THE OUTER HULL OF THE SHIP..." "NOW, UNDERWATER" "IMAGING EXPERT BILL LANGE" "PRESENTS STUNNING NEW" "PICTURES..." "FINALLY NOW WE'VE GOT A" "WIDE-ANGLE VIEW THAT WE'VE" "ALWAYS WANTED..." "A LOOK AT "TITANIC" THAT HAS" "NEVER BEEN SEEN..." "UNTIL NOW." "THIS INCREDIBLE MOSAIC IS 1,200 INDMDUAL PHOTOS STITCHED" "TOGETHER." "NO CAMERA LENS HAS EVER BEEN" "ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS MUCH" "DETAIL IN A SINGLE SHOT." "AND THIS, THE STERN," "ALSO MOSAICED FROM" "OVER A THOUSAND IMAGES." "WHERE THE SHIP BROKE, THE MAIN" "ENGINES ARE EXPOSED, EACH AS" "TALL AS A 3-STORY BUILDING." "TO BILL LANGE, THESE MOSAICS" "ARE CLUES ABOUT HOW "TITANIC"" "HIT THE BOTTOM." "I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING" "AT IS THAT THE BOW IMPACTED THE" "SEA FLOOR AT THE FORWARD END" "AND COLLAPSED DOWN UPON IMPACT," "WHICH CAUSED ALL OF THIS" "DECKING COLLAPSE AND BULGING" "OUT OF THE SIDES IN THIS AREA." "HOW THE DATA HAS BEEN" "COLLECTED..." "THE SCIENCE TEAM" "WILL CONTINUE WORKING FOR YEARS" "TO COME WITH THE DATA FROM THIS" "EXPEDITION." "HEY, KEN, IT'S PARKS." "MEANWHILE, PARKS STEPHENSON," "KEN MARSCHALL, AND BILL SAUDER" "HAVE FOCUSED ON THE BREAKUP." "HOW DID "TITANIC" COME APART?" "WAS THERE A FATAL FLAW?" "[PEOPLE SCREAMING]" "AFTER A YEAR OF" "PAINSTAKINGLY STUDYING KEY" "PIECES OF NEW DEBRIS..." "THE WAY" "THEY BROKE AND THEIR LOCATION" "ON THE MAP..." "THIS TEAM NOW" "BELIEVES THEY FINALLY KNOW WHAT" "HAPPENED AS "TITANIC" WENT DOWN." "APRIL 14, 1912. 11:40 P.M." "SHE STRIKES THE ICEBERG." "[CRASH]" "[ALARMS BLARING]" "[METAL GROANS]" "[PEOPLE YELLING]" "BY 2:15 A.M., IT'S THE" "BEGINNING OF THE END." "[PEOPLE SCREAMING]" "THE BOW PULLS DOWN, THE STERN" "RISES." "FUNNELS COLLAPSE." "THE SHIP FRACTURES." "THE ENTIRE BOW HANGS ON THE" "DOUBLE BOTTOM." "AMAZINGLY, IT HOLDS ON." "[PEOPLE SCREAMING]" "FINALLY, THE DOUBLE BOTTOM LETS" "GO." "THE BOW HEADS DOWN." "IT SAILS AS IT FALLS, TAKING" "PERHAPS 5 MINUTES TO REACH" "THE BOTTOM." "THE CARGO HATCH FLIES OFF." "THE STRUCTURE CREASES, AND THE" "BACK END COLLAPSES." "THE FATE OF THE BOW SEEMS" "STRAIGHTFORWARD." "THE TEAM BELIEVES IT'S WHAT" "HAPPENED TO THE STERN THAT" "REVEALS IF "TITANIC" HAD A" "FATAL FLAW." "ONCE THE DOUBLE BOTTOM" "RELEASES THE BOW, THE STERN" "BRIEFLY SETTLES BACK." "AND EYEWITNESSES SAW THE" "STERN SETTLE BACK, AND FOR A" "MOMENT, THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE THE" "SHIP WILL FLOAT AFTER ALL." "BUT IT'S JUST A CRUEL" "ILLUSION." "NOW SHE STARTS DOWN." "BOILERS FALL OUT." "THE DECKHOUSE TEARS OFF." "THE DOUBLE BOTTOM BENDS BACK" "AND SEPARATES." "NOW DECKHOUSE AND DOUBLE BOTTOM" "SAIL OFF TO THE EAST." "THE STERN INVERTS AND GOES" "INTO A SPIRAL." "THE TOWER DEBRIS AND GALLEY" "DECKS COME OFF." "FINALLY, IT HITS..." "BLOWING OUT" "THE SIDES AND TOP." "[HORN BLASTS]" "NO ONE CAN SAY FOR CERTAIN" "WHAT HAPPENED ONCE "TITANIC"" "DISAPPEARED." "BUT THE TEAM BELIEVES THIS" "SCENARIO IS SUPPORTED BY" "EVIDENCE ON THE SEA FLOOR." "ONE, THE DOUBLE BOTTOM." "THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE FRONT" "PIECE IS STRETCHED, WHICH" "WOULD RESULT FROM ITS HOLDING" "THE WEIGHT OF THE BOW." "TWO, THE PROFUSION OF DEBRIS" "TO THE RIGHT OF THE STERN, AND" "THE SMEARING OF THE MUD TO THE" "LEFT, SUGGEST THE STERN FELL IN" "A SPIRAL MOTION." "THREE, THE POSITION OF THE" "DECKHOUSE DEBRIS FAR TO THE" "EAST." "WE SUSPECT, BASED UPON WHERE" "THAT DEBRIS IS LOCATED IN THE" "DEBRIS MAP, THAT THAT PIECE MUST" "HAVE SEPARATED IN THE FIRST" "LARGE SPIRAL OF THE STERN" "SECTION." "AND THERE IS MORE..." "THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE" "OF ALL." "THIS EXPEDITION HAS SHOWN THAT" "THE MISSING MIDDLE WAS NOT" "PULVERIZED INTO BITS, BUT" "SURVIVED AS HUGE CHUNKS," "SUGGESTING THEY BROKE FREE IN" "GIANT SECTIONS." "FOR LARGE SECTIONS TO BREAK" "AWAY INTACT AND SURVIVE ALL" "THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM TELLS" "THIS TEAM THE ANSWER TO THE" "ULTIMATE QUESTION:" "WAS" "TITANIC A WEAK SHIP?" "WAS "TITANIC" A WEAK SHIP?" "THE ANSWER THAT WE'RE TAKING" "FROM THIS EXPEDITION IS QUITE" "THE OPPOSITE." "WEAK RIVETS, POSSIBLE FLAWS" "IN DESIGN..." "WHAT WE FOUND HAS" "DISPROVEN A LOT OF THAT." "TITANIC'S GOTTEN A BAD RAP IN" "RECENT YEARS." "HER OWN BUILDER GAVE HER ONLY" "AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF" "TO LIVE." "SHE LASTED TWO HOURS" "AND 40 MINUTES." "TITANIC BROKE BECAUSE SHE WAS" "SUBJECTED TO STRESSES THAT NO" "STRUCTURE COULD WITHSTAND." "BUT IF THOMAS ANDREWS'" "DESIGN CAN'T BE FAULTED, WHERE" "DOES BLAME FOR "TITANIC" LIE..." "CAPTAIN SMITH FOR" "SPEEDING THROUGH AN ICE FIELD?" "RECKLESS, PERHAPS," "BUT IN 1912, NOT UNHEARD OF." "HE WAS FOLLOWING" "THE ROUTINE AT THE TIME." "IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR CAPTAINS" "TO PROCEED AT THEIR CRUISING" "SPEED UNTIL ICE WAS ACTUALLY" "SIGHTED." "AND THEN THEY WOULD" "TAKE PRECAUTIONS." "WHITE STAR CHAIRMAN BRUCE" "ISMAY FOR INADEQUATE LIFEBOATS?" "BUT, IN FACT," "TITANIC ACTUALLY HAD MORE" "LIFEBOATS THAN THE LAW REQUIRED." "EXPERTS ASSUMED THEY WOULDN'T" "NEED TO HOLD EVERYONE;" "RADIO" "WOULD CALL OTHER SHIPS TO THE" "RESCUE." "LIFEBOATS ARE MAINLY" "TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM A SHIP" "THAT'S SINKING TO ONE THAT HAS" "COME TO RESCUE IT." "ANOTHER SHIP WOULD PULL UP, AND" "YOU WOULD USE THE LIFEBOATS TO" "TRANSFER THEM." "BUT ON APRIL 15, 1912," "A PLACE IN A LIFEBOAT" "WAS THE DIFFERENCE" "BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH." "[PEOPLE YELLING]" "MAYBELLE THORNE GETS A SEAT" "AND SURVIVES." "GEORGE ROSENSHINE" "AND FRANZ PULBAUM DO NOT." "CAPTAIN SMITH AND THOMAS" "ANDREWS ALSO DIE." "BRUCE ISMAY MAKES IT TO A" "LIFEBOAT, BUT AS THE CEO WHO" "SAVED HIMSELF WHEN WOMEN AND" "CHILDREN DIED, HIS REPUTATION" "IS FOREVER SHATTERED." "MARGARET DEVANEY ENDS UP IN" "THE SAME LIFEBOAT AS ISMAY." "WHEN THE SAILOR IN CHARGE FINDS" "THE OARS LASHED TOGETHER, IT'S" "MARGARET'S POCKET KNIFE HE USES" "TO CUT THEM FREE." "IN THE END, 700 PEOPLE MADE IT" "INTO A LIFEBOAT AND SURVIVED." "TODAY, LIFEBOAT SEATS FOR" "EVERYONE IS THE LAW." "BUT WHAT GOOD IS ENOUGH" "LIFEBOATS IF THERE'S NO TIME TO" "LAUNCH THEM?" "3 YEARS AFTER "TITANIC,"" "THE "LUSITANIA" IN 1915..." "THE "ANDREA DORIA" IN 1956..." "AND, IN JANUARY, 2012," "THE "COSTA CONCORDIA."" "3 STATE-OF-THE-ART SHIPS" "THAT ROLLED ON THEIR SIDE AS" "THEY SANK, MAKING MANY OF THEIR" "LIFEBOATS UNUSABLE." "TITANIC REMAINED STABLE" "FOR TWO HOURS AND 40 MINUTES." "ALL OF HER LIFEBOATS WERE USED." "I AM CONVINCED" "THAT NO OTHER SHIP" "THEN ON THE OCEAN WOULD HAVE" "PERFORMED UNDER THE" "CIRCUMSTANCES AS WELL AS" ""TITANIC."" "ALL ALONG WE'VE" "BEEN LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL" "FLAWS THAT KILLED ABOUT 1,500 PEOPLE, BUT INSTEAD I" "THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND" "EVIDENCE THAT "TITANIC" SAVED" "ABOUT 700 LIVES." "I THINK THERE'S" "A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT "TITANIC"" "WAS BUILT A LOT BETTER THAN" "SHE'S BEEN GIVEN CREDIT FOR." "[HORN BLASTS]" "A CENTURY AFTER "TITANIC'S"" "SINKING, MYSTERIES ARE SOLVED," "REPUTATIONS RESTORED, AND THE" "ENTIRE WRECK SITE HAS FINALLY" "BEEN DOCUMENTED." "SCIENTISTS AND HISTORIANS WILL" "STUDY THE DATA FOR YEARS TO" "COME, AND NEW FINDINGS WILL" "CONTINUE TO EMERGE." "BUT THANKS TO THIS TEAM, THE" "WORLD NOW KNOWS MORE THAN EVER" "ABOUT HOW THIS BECAME THE FINAL" "RESTING PLACE..." "OF "TITANIC.""