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All attempts to raise it have failed.

posted 11 years ago by DrakeStraw
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"All attempts to raise it have failed."

This statement appears just before the closing credits. No one to my knowledge has ever attempted to raise the Titanic. It is quickly apparent that it isn't possible to do without completely destroying what's left of the ship. Who would consider raising a ship under 12,000 feet of water anyway? It seems to represent the haste that has led to too many inaccuracies in this film.

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[–] freemanpatrick7 11 years ago

Maybe they're talking about raising the movie...or razing it, rather. Or maybe they mean to raise the money to hire someone to kill the filmmakers.

[–] MikePaul854 11 years ago

There were attempts but all failed.

[–] DrakeStraw 11 years ago

There were attempts but all failed.

Can you cite even one serious attempt to raise the Titanic?

It would fail even more miserably than Raise the Titanic (1980).

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[–] MikePaul854 11 years ago

The last attempt was made back in 1996 to raise a section of Titanic's hull but the sea became to rough and several mechanical failures set plans back before it was completely abandoned.

[–] DrakeStraw 11 years ago

The last attempt was made back in 1996 to raise a section of Titanic's hull ...

I believe "it" refers to the entire vessel, not the bits and pieces that have been pulled up since they started exploring the wreck.

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[–] Matuatay 11 years ago

That line was referencing the "Big Piece", which many considered as "raising the Titanic" back in the 1990's, simply because even then it was known that raising that large section would be about as close to raising the entire ship and salvagers would ever get. There have been no other attempts to raise large sections of the ship. In 1995 or 96 there was an NBC Special with Stone Phillips that covered the second mission by RMSTI to raise the Big Piece after it had been dropped due to stormy seas the year before, which succeeded, and it was titled "Raising the Titanic". Several newspapers at the time that featured news of the Big Piece being brought to the surface also used "Raising Titanic" in their headlines as a way to catch the readers eye.

Unfortunately, no copy of this program has turned up on youtube or any other media site yet that I'm aware of.