MayDay! Maritime Disasters that shook the World

Do you think the ocean is a dangerous place? Yes, it can be. Titanic...Amoco Cadiz...Herald of Free Enterprise...Exxon Valdez...every shipwreck tells a story. Veteran sea captain Beetashok Chatterjee reveals the stories behind 13 of the greatest civilian maritime disasters, outside the realms of war, that shook the world. Not just for the number of lives lost, but in some cases the damage caused to the environment and livelihoods, or the media attention those incidents garnered. Allow him to take you back in time and on the high seas, where you can watch and learn from these disasters-what, how and why they took place-while remaining at a safe distance. Could they have been averted? Read to find out.