Vassili Zaitzev
Master Sergeant
At 11:45 PM on April 14th, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg sailing to New York in the North Atlantic. The ship sank 2 1/2 hours later, at 2:20 AM on April 15th. Approxmitaley 1500 people died during the disaster, while close to 705 survived. While not the most horrific shipwreck, she is certainly the most famous, and led to a number of changes in ship safety.
To all those lost that terrible night.
To all those lost that terrible night.