She pulled into Pier 54 and unloaded the Titanic's lifeboats and then, hopefull family, reporters and others rushed to get a close spot to find their loved ones, or to report the news. Passengers began disembarking giving sighs of relief with their broken arms, legs and other parts. Some rushed to their family members in tears.

More names were being called...as the anticipation grew to see who was alive and who wasn't. More people arrived by the minute..and the crows became almost unbearable. Many emotions were seen. Joy and laughter, tears and thrashing. Two were reunited and married two days later, as one man learned his entire family had been lost in the sinking. Everywhere there were newspapers...and Titanic funds were started, everyone knew about the disaster and wanted to know more and help out by donating.

Then the trial into the sinking began...the first to testify was Bruce Ismay, the White Star Line managing director. The following are a few questions asked to Ismay: Was the ship sufficiently equipped with lifesaving devices and were they inspected? Was the ship's route a hazardous one? Did the crew behave properly? Was the Titanic going too fast? The trial lasted a long period of time...as many ship such as the Mackay-Bennet were sent to look for deceased passengers.

The Mackay-Bennett found 306 bodies, and buried 116 of them at sea. They had no idea what had happened to the ship or why the passengers died..but made educated guesses. They collected passengers that looked like they were sleeping in their lifejackets, and debris from the ship were everywhere scattered across the sea. They began bringing corpses aboard April 21 and every day the watches stopped between 2:00 and 2:20, the time of the final demise. They found a man with 6 diamonds sewn into his coat, and John Jacob Astor who had $2,500 on him. Two more ships were sent out, but after recovering only one body they rescue mission was abandoned.

After the wreck all ships were required to have lifeboat capacity for everyone on board. The iceberg patrol was formed to find icebergs. No messages were ever allowed undelivered to the bridge. The Titanic disaster caused a number of changes in the world of shipping, and proves that history can teach us lessons.