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The Night 364 Died: Why Princess Sophia Never Evacuated
The Night 364 Died: Why Princess Sophia Never Evacuated
Fear that a single decision could doom everyone aboard: a steel-hulled passenger ship ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef on October 25, 1918, and 364 people died despite rescue vessels circling for nearly 40 hours-so why was the evacuation never ordered? What choice on that reef sealed the fate of every soul on board?
In this episode, we tell the story of Princess Sophia’s last voyage, the passengers and crew who trusted her, and the forty-hour window between grounding and sinking when radio contact and nearby rescue boats were still in…
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