article_snippet.sent: More than 1,500 people died when the ship sank carrying 2,224 passengers and crew under the command of Edward Smith.
article_snippet.sent: Some of the wealthiest people in the world were onboard the ship, including property tycoon John Jacob Astor IV, great grandson of John Jacob Astor, founder of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
article_snippet.sent: Millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim, heir to his family’s mining business, also perished, along with Isidor Straus, the German-born co-owner of Mancy's department store.
article_snippet.sent: the ship was the largest afloat at the time and was designed in such a way that the ship was meant to be 'unsinkable'.
article_snippet.sent: the ship had an on-board gym, libraries, pool as well as several restaurants and luxury first class cabins.
article_snippet.sent: There were not enough lifeboats on board for all the passengers due to out-of-date maritime safety regulations.
article_snippet.sent: Despite repeated distress calls being sent out, and flares launched from the decks, the ship arrived nearly two hours later, pulling 710 people from the water.
article_snippet.sent: It was not until 73 years later that the wreck of the ship was discovered on the ocean floor.