Who Was Responsible For The Titanic A Tragedy

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The disaster of the Titanic was a tragedy, but to this day people are still wondering who/what was responsible for this tragic event. In my opinion I believe that it was Thomas Andrews the creator of this huge magnificent ship.

In the Titanic book on page 22 the text states that he didn’t fully seal the top of the watertight compartments. Now that's one of the first things that I would check. Also on page 22 He made it so that water could fill the first four watertight compartments. But as I talked about in the sentences before he didn’t seal the tops so water flowed right in every compartment.

I also believe that it was the captain and the crew members.It says on page 19 that they radio operators were supposed to keep the radios going twenty-four

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