The Titan tragedy and the debacle of Covid school closures both remind us of the importance of imagining terrible outcomes.
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Left: An employee cleans tables in an empty classroom in a closed primary school. Right: The Titan submersible dives in an undated photograph.
Eric Gaillard/Reuters, OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via Reuters
Human history, sadly, is littered with examples of worst-case scenarios come to life.
On April 10, 1912, the passengers and crew of the Titanic set out on their maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. Five days later, the ship collided with an iceberg roughly 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, where it has remained ever since, 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.
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Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.
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Human history, sadly, is littered with examples of worst-case scenarios come to life.
On April 10, 1912, the passengers and crew of the Titanic set out on their maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. Five days later, the ship collided with an iceberg roughly 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, where it has remained ever since, 12,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.
About the Author
Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.
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