The only Japanese man to survive the Titanic, suspected of being a woman

At that time, Titanic was known as the unsinkable cruise ship. It can be said that this giant ship carried the pride of the empire of the sun that never sets along with all the core technologies.

The ship was built by the famous White Star Shipping Company of England at that time, taking 3 years and costing 75 million pounds, equivalent to 2,255 billion VND today. With this price, hundreds of luxury cruise ships could be built.

This ship was assembled with the most advanced shipbuilding technology in England at that time and even in the whole world. The Titanic was 269.06 meters long, 28.19 meters high, the height from the keel to the bridge was about 31.69 meters. The full load displacement could reach 46,000 tons.

By the time the Qing Dynasty collapsed in China, the British Titanic was able to move with a light aircraft carrier. In fact, compared to the Liaoning in China today, the Titanic was only slightly smaller.

The equipment on the ship was also very complete, the power was among the most advanced in the world at that time. Of course, as a cruise ship, there were many luxuries. There were all kinds of dining and entertainment services on board, and there was even an outdoor swimming pool on the deck.

The ship crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time to reach the American continent. Everyone was ready to enjoy this luxurious journey on board, but no one thought that the result of welcoming this giant ship would be hitting an iceberg and sinking.

But after all these years, some people still have many questions about the sinking of the Titanic. For example, how could such a powerful and advanced ship sink because it hit an iceberg?

Another example is that some people think that even if the Titanic had hit an iceberg, it would not have sunk so quickly and would not have had a chance to react?

Before the Titanic hit the iceberg, the cold Labrador Current met the warm air of the Gulf Stream, creating a convection current in the ocean. The reflection of light from the entire ocean surface was extremely severe, severely hindering the ship's visibility.

By the time the lookout spotted the iceberg, it was too late. Given the power and steering system of the Titanic at the time, it was impossible to prevent the cruise ship from hitting the iceberg. Of course, some say that the severe convection weather at the time caused mirages on the sea surface, and the Titanic remained unaware until it hit an iceberg. But whatever the reason, the weather was bad.

Masaru Hosano was an employee of the Japanese Ministry of Transport at the time. When he was allowed to return home, Mr. Hosono, 42, decided to board the Titanic in Southampton, England. He was also the only Japanese tourist on the ship and was seated in second class.

After hearing the alarm, Hosano Masaru followed the other passengers and finally made it to the deck after overcoming five obstacles.

But the chaos here at this time was beyond everyone's imagination. The Titanic was carrying 2,224 people this time but there were only 28 lifeboats. Even with the full number of 60 people, there were still more than 1,000 people who could not get on the lifeboats.

When Masano Hosano came aboard, he was stopped by the crew outside the lifeboat because the crew thought he was a third-class passenger.

These crew members did not know whose orders they were taking, but when they escaped, they let the first class passengers board first. Even though they let the children and women go first, the women and children in the first class compartment still had the highest priority.

After seeing this scene, countless third-class guests felt despair, because in this order, no matter how they were arranged, they were all people buried under the sea.

At this time, Masano Hosano was also experiencing the same disappointment, the image of his wife and children kept appearing in his mind, the thought of not wanting to die kept appearing. At the "life-threatening" moment, one of the officers assigned to load the lifeboats shouted that there was still room for two more people. Right in front of Hosono, a man rushed to jump into the boat, and seizing the opportunity, he jumped in too. In the end, thanks to that, Masabumi Hosono became one of the 706 lucky survivors, not having to die at the bottom of the sea like the other 1,500.

The next day, rescue ships kept coming and everyone on the lifeboat where Masaru Hosano was was rescued and boarded the Carpathia again. When the sailors on the boat saw Masaru Hosano, they laughed at him as a coward, and the people who escaped on the same boat looked at him with mocking eyes. Feeling guilty about this, he just bowed his head and silently faced everything. After the group arrived in America, Masaru Hosano asked his friends to buy tickets and returned to Japan by boat from San Francisco.

Even though Masano Hosano had returned to Japan, the American media did not let him go easily. After hearing about this Japanese man, they gave special coverage to his actions in the newspaper, and even worse, wrote a book called "The Truth About the Titanic".

This book tells the story of the lifeboat that Masako Hosano sneaked into. Some sailors even said in an interview that Masako Hosano pretended to be a woman to fool everyone, otherwise he would not have appeared on the lifeboat.

As soon as these reports appeared, it directly shocked public opinion at that time, because all media at that time reported on the touching events that happened when the Titanic sank.

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