The
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum will display the actual SOS sent by Titanic and received by the Hatteras Weather Bureau Station on April 14, 1912. According to a story in
USA Today, Richard Dailey, the agent who received the message, was told he was "junking up the lines" and sent home for the night.
The RMS Titanic disaster was the genesis for the
International Ice Patrol and the
Amver search and rescue system. Today, vessels
enrolled in the Amver system save a life every 33 hours.
You can learn more about Amver
here.
Photo credit: National Park Service photo via USA Today
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