Today we explore the sinking of SS Marine Electric and the sweeping reforms that were made by this accident, saving thousands of lives (literally one example is a total of 21,000 lives!) and becoming one of the most important investigations in US Maritime History.
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Assateague Ponies Petition:
https://www.change.org/p/u-s-national-park-services-speed-bumps-on-assateague-to-protect-the-ponies
Sources:
Link to Disasters at Sea episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8905874/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Marine_Electric
https://www.weatherbug.com/news/On-This-Day-in-1983-Megapolitan-Blizzard
https://www.weather.gov/rlx/feb83
https://jayseaarchaeology.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/modern-shipwrecks-ss-marine-electric/
