Today's news: TITANIC 100 YEARS LATER

Titanic 100: We survived

Just over 700 people escaped from the Titanic after it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of 14 April 1912. More than 1,500 others were not so fortunate.

The survivors scrambled into lifeboats or plunged into the icy water. In the years after the disaster, some of them spoke publicly about the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage.

Here, with the help of archive images and audio, listen to what happened through the voices of crew members Charles Lightoller and Frank Prentice and passengers Eva Hart and Edith Russell.

Titanic gallery: Titanic Southampton remembers

• Unsinkable Vocabulary: Words for the Titanic Centennial  From the visual Thesaurus:

"This weekend marks the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, so let's commemorate the occasion by looking back on some words and phrases that were particularly associated with the maritime disaster." read more.

• Titanic deck chairs' sad symbolism lives on

SURVEY

• Survey: Should we raise the Titanic?  Watch both National Geographic short videos which present their views on this issue and submit your vote. 
• What do you think? Should we raise the Titanic?Leave your comments