Halifax and Titanic!!!

The Titanic disaster still remains the world's most dreaded and damaging ship wreck of all times and thanks to James Cameron, it is something that is being remembered even by the current generation thanks to the well made "Titanic" movie. Little did I realize when I landed in Halifax that the city had a very close relationship with the Titanic disaster. Apparently, it was 700 nautical miles away from Halifax that the Titanic ship wreck occured; right in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. It was Halifax that was first notified of the ship wreck and the city sent out ships and life boats to the ocean to save the passengers and bring their belongings on shore. This and more I learnt during my visit to the Maritime museum at Halifax which shows exclusive photographs and memorabilia that were salvaged from the Titanic ship wreck. The museum also has some video footage of the excavation that was done under water of the remains of the ship and gives us valuable information on what, when and how it all happened. Apparently, close to 150 who perished in the ship wreck have been cremated in Halifax in a special cemetry and this has been separated and is being maintained as Titanic memorial cemetry. Many people from different parts of the world visit the cemetry to offer their prayers and to remember their ancestors who passed away in the mishap. The museum, the Titanic story,the photographs, pictures and memorabilia were so touching that all of us turned emotional at the museum. None of us had the will to go and visit the Titanic memorial cemetry after all that we saw. I know its late, but I feel it is never too late to pray for departed souls. All I can do right now is to pray for all those who lost their lives in the incident and hope, wish and pray that such ghastly incidents do not occur ever again.