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After the ship Carpathia arrives in New York with the Titanic survivors, Senator William Alden Smith comes to New York to take testimony from all the key witnesses to the sinking of the Titanic. Senator Smith and journalist Alan Ricard investigate the tragedy, unraveling stories of hasty investigations, political interference, and the drive for corporate accountability, alongside memories of courage and self-sacrifice aboard the Titanic on that fateful night in April 1912.