People of Halifax are Titanic heroes

Crew from Halifax ship Mackay-Bennett recover Titanic victimShroud of Titanic woven into fabric of HalifaxBefore I went to Halifax for the Titanic 100 commemoration events, I didn’t get it. I didn’t really get the full impact of the loss of more than 1,500 people when the ship sank on April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg about 600 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland.