:06:01
It could be any other part
of the ocean,
:06:03
but there's something special
about knowing
:06:05
this is the spot
and the wreck's down there.
:06:07
Why this shipwreck?
Why not the "Lusitania"?
:06:11
Why not the "Moro Castle"?
Why not the "Atlantic"?
:06:14
They're all good.
:06:15
They're all good,
but why is this one?
:06:17
Look at the stuff
that comes with this.
:06:18
You've got the biggest ship
on its maiden voyage,
:06:21
the president of the company
onboard that owns it,
:06:23
the builder onboard.
:06:25
And it hits an iceberg,
and it sinks so slowly
:06:28
that you've got all these hours
for drama to be acted out.
:06:31
You don't get that
with other shipwrecks.
:06:33
It's really a Greek tragedy
for real.
:06:36
She was so cheated.
She was so beautiful.
:06:39
So much energy went into
building this creation.
:06:42
You know, the epitome
of human engineering
:06:45
and architecture, maritime
architecture at that point.
:06:48
And to have it taken away,
stolen,
:06:50
just four days out of England.
:06:53
And that's part, I guess,
of the odd attraction to it.
:06:58
The fact that you could never
have such a thing happen
:07:01
before or since.
:07:03
The ship remains
at the bottom of the sea
:07:06
as an eternal memorial.
:07:08
And we can visit that memorial.
:07:10
We can bear witness
to the event.
:07:13
And if we're gonna do
interior exploration,
:07:15
we have to do it now,
because five years from now,
:07:18
there might not be anything.
:07:19
Five years ago,
the technology didn't exist.
:07:21
We had to will it
into existence.
:07:25
"Monday, August 20, 2001.
:07:28
Tomorrow morning
we will descend 21/2 miles
:07:31
into the cold, dark netherworld
:07:33
and see 'Titanic' for ourselves
:07:36
as she lies broken
on the seafloor.
:07:39
How do you prepare
for such an experience?"
:07:50
Okay. Dive one.
:07:52
It's gonna be
J. B. And Bill in "Mir-2,"
:07:56
and me and Vince in "Mir-1."
:07:57
Pilots are gonna be
Genya Chernaiev, "Mir-2,"