Hi I'm Maggie and this is my brother Horace We've been flies on the wall during important events in history We saw Albert Einstein make some Amazing Scientific discoveries We even cheered for boxer Cassius Clay Clater known as Muhammad Ali when he won an Olympic gold medal We rode along on Paul Revere's midnight ride One bit of history we l never forget The One and only voyage of a very ship famous
APRIL 10 1912 Horace and I were flying around Southampton England in April 1912 There were a lot of people crowded near the water Some of them carried suitcases Others walked up a ramp toward a huge ship called RMS Titanic What's going on here Maggie I don't like boats or ships I get seasick and it's not pretty The people gathered around the ship were excited though I heard someone call it unsinkable So Horace and I decided to take a closer look It sounds like Titanic is sailing to the United States Many of these people are going there to start new lives About 2 2352 people boarded Titanic 1 324 passengers and 908 remember crew
Titanic was huge It measured nearly three football fields in length It had restaurants libraries and barbershops It even had a gym and a swimming pool The ship was about to set sail on its maiden voyage That meant it was going on a trip for the very first time I wanted to buzz off Titanic But Horace wanted to stay so we did HONNNNNK A giant horn let everyone know the ship was leaving the dock The Sound nearly knocked off my wings Titanic almost had an accident as it left the Southampton port A steamship named New York nearly crashed into side its
Those little boats are dragging Titanic out of the harbor Can't it MDve on its own I would think so But maybe big ships can't start their engines this close land to
