"Titanic" is one of the most amazing of many tragic films. At the end of the film, the life and death of Jack and Rou Si won the tears of countless audiences. What's even more embarrassing is that this is a film adapted from a real disaster. movie of.
In April 1912, the Titanic, known as the "unsinkable", hit an iceberg and sank. Nearly 1,500 people were killed in the shipwreck, and only 300 people's remains were recovered. This accident has become history of navigation One of the worst shipwrecks ever.
It is worth mentioning that, at the beginning, eight super-rich bought tickets but did not get on the boat, and they were lucky to escape. Who are these lucky people? Why did they not get on board in the first place?
Casual novelist
The first lucky person who didn't get on board was named Dreiser , a world-renowned American novelist, who has published "Desire Trilogy" and other handed down works, and is good at realistic critical literature , has received an honorary award from the American Academy of Letters and Arts.
The reason why he chose the Titanic was not because of its luxurious decoration and the promotion of super large displacement, but because the 40-year-old had just finished a trip around Europe and was about to return to the United States. He happened to be with the Titanic. The journey is the same, so I chose it.
However, the British publisher who paid for the ticket thought that the Titanic ticket was too expensive, and Dreiser was just a simple return trip and did not need such a luxurious "car", and finally persuaded Dreiser to change to a cheap ordinary ship.
Although Dreiser missed the opportunity to take a luxury oil tanker, he accidentally saved his own life and was not involved in a maritime accident, which is a blessing in disguise.
Diligent inventor
No. 2 lucky inventor named Marconi, is an Italian inventor who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 and is also a pioneer in the invention of wireless telegraphy. Because of his reputation in the scientific community, on the day the Titanic ticket went on sale, someone sent him a free ticket and invited him to board the ship.
But Marconi was a dedicated scientist, and because the Titanic's itinerary conflicted with his itinerary for writing his thesis, he chose to follow the stenographer to board the Lucitania, abandoned the luxurious Titanic, and fled. Over a catastrophe.
It's worth noting that this wasn't the only time he avoided a shipwreck. On the last voyage, the Lusitania he took also suffered a shipwreck, but he got off the ship early by coincidence and avoided the danger in time, which made people have to lament his luck.
Oolong's candy couple
The third and fourth lucky ones who avoided the shipwreck were a couple. Her husband Hershey founded a candy brand of the same name, which is now " Hershey Kisses", which is now a best-selling Hershey Chocolate is what he developed and created.
At that time, he and his wife had just finished their winter life in France and were about to return to the United States. Hearing that the luxury cruise ship was selling tickets, he immediately snapped up two tickets and planned to take his wife to enjoy it at the end of the trip.
However, there was an oolong when boarding the ship. Because of the deviation of the ship order information, they boarded a tanker in Germany ahead of schedule and accidentally missed the Titanic. And this oolong also saved the lives of the couple and let them get out of danger ahead of time.
The stranded banker
The fifth lucky person is named Morgan, a banker with considerable financial talent who once saved the US banking system from collapse by himself, and is also one of the founders of American Electric and Steel Corporation , with strong assets.
His identity is different from the previous ones. He is one of the partners of the cruise company. He is qualified to board the ship without buying a ticket, as well as a first-class suite on the Titanic.
as the operator, he intends to experience the comfort of the Titanic first, and then promote it to other old friends. But before getting on the boat, Morgan suddenly changed hisItinerary, choose to stay in the original French resort.
It turned out that when he was planning to leave, he met an old friend who had just arrived. Because his friend didn't know much about France, he immediately decided to give up boarding and stay and accompany his friend to visit France.
What he and his friends didn't expect was that this unintentional change actually allowed him to escape a terrible disaster. Afterwards, in the face of the terrible shipwreck, Morgan expressed his grief more than once, saying that the sinking of the ship was only a loss of money, and the demise of life was the saddest thing.
Injured steel tycoon
The sixth lucky winner is Pittsburgh steel tycoon Furrick, who is rich in assets. Getting ready for a cruise with the family.
However, just before departure, his wife accidentally bumped him, causing him to seriously sprain his ankle and have to stay in a hospital in Italy to recuperate. Although missed the luxury cruise, it also escaped the harvest of death.
The unwell rich
The seventh lucky person is named Vanderbilt , who was a household name in the United States a hundred years ago. The rich family industry has made him stand at a social height that others can't reach in his life. , his own business acumen has made him stand on the top of the world's wealth. When
learned that the Titanic was about to be launched, Vanderbilt purchased a first-class ticket for the first time, ready to enjoy this high-profile voyage. However, on the day of boarding, his body suddenly became seriously unwell, his head felt extremely dizzy, and he could not stand on the flat ground, let alone in the swaying sea, so he had to give up boarding.
A few days later, Vanderbilt read about the sinking of the Titanic in the newspaper and felt very scared. He was very fortunate that he had a sudden illness and missed boarding.
Unfortunately, luckily escaped once, Vanderbilt failed to escape the second time. A few years later on the Lusitania, he was killed by German shelling and became one of the most famous victims on board.
The leader who is busy at work
The eighth lucky person who escaped the disaster is Mott, a religious leader with international influence, dedicated to the universal action of Christianity, and also due to the great contribution of World War II rescue Won the Nobel Peace Prize .
Because of his social influence, the cruise company where the Titanic is located gave him a ticket directly. However, Mott's work in Europe was not completed at that time. Being loyal to his religious beliefs, he valued missionary work more than luxury cruise ships, so he directly rejected the cruise company and chose to continue to work in Europe.
By the time he finished his missionary work and returned to New York a little later, news of the Titanic's death had already spread throughout the streets. This experience of escaping from death made him more firm in his belief that God had rescued him in the dark.
Concluding remarks
In fact, in addition to these eight distinguished guests, there are many ordinary guests who missed this boarding due to various reasons. a new life. The many coincidences of
make people have to sigh, sometimes fate is really unpredictable, maybe just a small decision and error, it may change your whole life.
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