34. Bad Timing
From the time that the Titanic and the iceberg met, to the time of the Titanic’s sinking, 160 minutes passed. Of that 160 minutes, only 100 were available for escape. It took about 60 minutes for the first Titanic lifeboats to start launching. This is likely due, in part, to the fact that no PA system was on board, so communication was difficult to reach all of the people on the ship, to say the least.