In the meantime, however, the aunt and uncle became impatient. They had children back home that they missed terribly. My great-grandfather was out of reasons to wait, so it was decided they would leave in March, aboard a ship called the Mauritania. He traded in the Titanic tickets and hastened his family's efforts. They left Denmark for America a month earlier than planned and it took two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean and reach Ellis Island.
Life turns on such details.
A missed airplane. A wrong turn. Years ago, divers discovered the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor. There was talk of attempting to salvage it. My grandmother said it should be left alone.