Unheard Distress Calls
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There are many ways in which the Titanic tragedy might not have been quite so terrible if only things had gone a little differently. As the Titanic sank, the SS Californian was just a short distance away. Unfortunately, the radio operator was sleeping when the distress calls came in, so he never heard the SOS from the Titanic. The only vessel that did respond, the SS Carpathia, was much further away and needed more than four hours to arrive at the site.
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