e lost, and many legends were born (Nichol 12).Plans to locate and even raise the Titanic began almost the moment she sank. The Astor, Guggenheim, and Widner families, all having lost family members on the Titanic, hired the Merritt-ChapmanDerrick wrecking company to investigate the possibilities of raising the Titanic. They decided, after exploring the possibilities, that the task was impossible, due to the immense depth of more than 2 1/2 miles (Nichol 23)Since that day, companies have devised various Titanic raising schemes, ranging from filling the ship with Ping-Pong balls to float her up, to encasing the ship in liquid nitrogen, creating a giant ice cube that would float to the surface (23). All of these elaborate ideas were thrown away, due to insufficient funds, and lack of expertise and equipment (24). The Titanic, was overall, a lesson. Her death taught us that no matter how good the technology, no matter how invinsible we think we are, Mother Nature will always win. We cannot underestimate the power of the sea, nor can we conquer it....
