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Never felt so close to my ancestry in my life as at this very moment. >> reporter: when she set out on her maiden and only voyage the titanic was considered a mar vefl luxury and technology, practically unsinkable, her owners said. instead she has become a monument to human arrogance and folly and the name of a tragedy that seems almost as real today as it did on that night to remember a hundred years ago. mark phillips, cbs news, addergoole, ireland. >> that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs, 60 minutes. and a special hour long tribute to founds corespondent mike wallace. scott ...

>> we realized we have both had ancestors on the titanic. >> jack fare, bob's grandfather, just 17, was sailing home in first class with his parents after a european vacation. and emma bucknell, katherine's great, great grandmother was also in first. at 60, a veteran of dozens of trans-atlantic crossings. both survived when more than 1500 perished and both left accounts of harrowing hours in the freezing north atlantic after titanic's collision with an iceberg three times its size. from their house in portugal, they share their story for the first time. >> the shock of the water took the breat...

That the titanic set off from england. among the 1,500 who died when it sank were folks from a small town in ireland, hoping for a new life in america. mark phillips has their story. >> reporter: everything about the titanic was big. biggest ship. biggest disaster. biggest story. but this tragedy also came in small packages. no where was it felt more deeply than here in the remote ireland parish of addergoole, so deeply it was hardly spoken of for almost 100 years. ♪ now though, they're rehearsing for a memorial service to commemorate the exact moment the ship went down. 14 people from this ...

Nearest lifeboat. industry analysts are concerned by reports the crew seemed disoriented. >> the crew forgot their training. they didn't seem to provide the direction, the support. >> reporter: the cruise line injury says accidents such as this one are an extremely rare occurrence in the cruise industry and it insists cruising is safe. roughly 16 million people took cruise vacations in 2011 on the most established lines. up from 15 million in 2010. and the industry is growing. building 26 new ships in the last two years. while cruise ships fly many flags, international standards dictate everyt...

Near a greek island, and a 2010 incident in which three huge waves struck the louie majesty in the mediterranean, killing two. under safety standards begun in 1914, after the it the it the sinking, there must be ships. they have to give safety briefings within 24 hours of setting sail. in the u.s., they're often given before the ships leave port. but on the costa concordia, some of the passengers said they were confused and terrified after the ship struck a rock and began to list. >> it was just complete chaos and no leadership, there is no one -- no protocol. >> it was like where do we go? no...