The sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, was one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew aboard, only 706 survived. One survivor was Masabumi Hosono. He was the only Japanese person to have survived the disaster and the only survivor to experience public shaming. — Read the rest
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