I spent over a dozen years looking into this story, and i had worked at the wall street journal for over 20 years and i had never encountered a story of this magnitude or drama. As i began looking into it what i found was that this has to be one of the most deadly, least known shipwrecks in america. And i uncovered a tale that was so horrible and so surprising i could not let it go. In a a lot of ways the story would not let me go, either. So were in july 1915, almost exactly 100 years ago. A large steamship. Think of the flatiron building on its side. That is virtually the exact size that eastland was. A flatiron building turned on its side quickly capsizes. Although it is tied to its dock. Yet, it capsize. 844 people die. Within minutes. 844 people. That is more passengers than died on the titanic, much more famous accident. 22 entire families died on the eastland. Mothers, aunts, 22 whole family units gone, wiped out in the Chicago River. Now, i do not know how many of your for real
In the courtroom, they are fighting to save their careers and lives. The last image i wanted to bring to your attention is a. There was a book fair in chicago 10 years ago. Those are wonderful things to go to. For historical research, you can get some great finds. There was, wrapped up in plastic, front page copy of the sinking, july 25. There was a wonderful cartoon that to me, after all the years of research, brings it in chilling fashion to life. The cartoonists blaming greed for the shipwreck. This is a pretty good representation. This has actually shipped the tipped the ship the wrong way. But, the point is well made. That brings to a close the image portion of the presentation. I would be happy to take some questions. We have some books. Some questions . I was in chicago for a few days and took an agricultural tour of the smell river. It is in the middle of chicago. Smale river. It is in the middle of chicago. I get on my boat in south michigan. You were very close. You were at m
Programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century old project. We have been working on the project since five years. We expect to open in 2017. We have a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. For general view, or sometimes looking at 18thcentury firearms they tend to look alike that this really speaks to the one power of the ideas that were made the country and particularly the men who served under arms. If you look at these pieces of continental currency, you will notice the designs. These have been selected under the direction of Benjamin Franklin from a book of ancient symbology. In the center, it is difficult to see, but there is an image of a beaver chewing a tree. Calling on persistence on the part of the beaver. The idea that this is not going to be a conflict that is one overnight. That persistence will be rewarded the fee so me and is the continental three dollar bill. It has a great connection t
Criticised an investigation into the former Prime Minister, sir edward heath, who died 12 years ago. The force says if he was alive, he would have been questioned over allegations of historic sexual abuse. The us stock market bull run continues. Wall street surges to another record close as investor optimism rises. It is chinas golden week holiday where a tourist hotspots welcome visitors and a cash windfall. It is a friday. Good morning asia, hello world, glad you could join us. I am rico hizon and we start the programme with this major rally in us stock markets dubbed the trump bumper. It looks like it will continue. The dow jones, the s p 500 s p 500 and the nasdaq with high closes because of investor optimism over us tax reforms and the global economy. For the s p 500, the longest winning strea k the s p 500, the longest winning streak since 1997. Earlier, Michael Mccarthy told is what is behind this record one. The 4 trillion the Us Federal Reserve has pumped into the global Monet
Possible divisions on the british side between the Prime Minister theresa may and her finance minister phillip hammond. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Left off for the biggest event on the aerospace calendar. Find out what top upjets the aerospace calendar. Find out what top up jets are burning up the tarmac at the paris air show. And markets brace for impac from brexit. We map out the brand new trading week. Good morning, asia and hello world. It is as monday and thank you for joining world. It is as monday and thank you forjoining us. I am rico hizon and we kick off with the paris airshow. The biggest Air Plane Manufacturers will display their latest products despite Strong Airline traffic, Lower Oil Prices and a healthy economy, many manufacturers expect slow sales. It is the biggest and busiest event of the year for the Global Aerospace industry. The best known names in the business are all here to show off their latest multibillion dollar designs