Actually I don't have a problem with them bringing up the stuff as long as human remains(if Any) are left down there. It is a big deal because the sinking changed passenger ship regulations and shows a slice of history long past. When you get on a passenger ship today you know and expect that there is a life boat for every passenger and crew member on board. That is because of the Titanic.
All of my ancestors came to America by way of ship. Asking why is it important is like saying why have Ellis Island since nobody comes to the USA through there anymore. The fame of the Titanic makes people interested in seeing how their ancestors traveled to the USA. Some first class but the majority third class which was a much less pleasant expirence. It gives a lessen in bad corporate policy. It shows the class barriers that exsisted at the turn of the century. It gives an example of how a crew on a sinking ship should act and react. With the Costa Concordia's Captain abandoning ship, it's a lesson that still needs to be taught.
I've seen the exhibit and found it not carnival like at all. Actually they give you a name and at the end you look up whether or not you survived. Out of my five familiy members who went through the exhibit only one of the names of the people given us survived. In the end it's about people and lives lost unnecessarily, the exhibit keeps the memory alive. In Example do you remember anything about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire that happened a year before the Titanic sank? Less people died and certainly tragic but I'm guessing most people haven't. The Titanic if left alone will become just a note in a history book. Those who died deserve better than that in my opinion.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history. It was also the second deadliest disaster in New York City – after the burning of the General Slocum on June 15, 1904 – until the destruction of the World Trade Center 90 years later. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three;[1][2][3] the oldest victim was 48, the youngest were two fourteen-year-old girls.[4]
Because the managers had locked the doors to the stairwells and exits – a common practice at the time to prevent pilferage and unauthorized breaks[5] – many of the workers who could not escape the burning building jumped from the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors to the streets below. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers.
The factory was located in the Asch Building, at 23-29 Washington Place, now known as the Brown Building, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark.[6]
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
