Wall of ice collapses at Titanic Museum in Tennessee, 3 hurt

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — A wall of ice at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, the museum’s owners said.

Those harmed were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries, Mary Kellogg Joslyn and John Joslyn wrote on the attraction’s Facebook page.

“Needless to say, we never would have expected an incident like this to occur as the safety of our guests and crew members are always top of mind,” the owners said.

The ship-shaped museum closed after the collapse but reopened for those with tickets on Tuesday, according to a post. The owners said the affected area has been blocked off, and they estimate it will take at least four weeks for the iceberg wall to be rebuilt.



FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, visitors check the passenger list against their boarding pass to see if they were a survivor or casualty of the sinking of the ship at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The iceberg wall at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. The attraction closed Monday night after the collapse but reopened for those with tickets on Tuesday.(Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press via AP, File)


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[greenjar_01]

1. I mean...

[dflprincess]

2. Oh the humanity!

Wait, wrong disaster.

[peacefreak2.0]

15. I think it's

Oh, the humidity.

[Renew Deal]

3. Winter is Coming

[vercetti2021]

4. The irony

[Budi]

5. It's a sign from god, Tennessee! Vax & wear a damned mask

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215697497

"Number of school-aged children in Tennessee recently testing positive for COVID rockets"

🤬

[Princess Turandot]

6. It appears to be made of plaster..

..via Streetview:

https://goo.gl/maps/iAq9dmkKdQFGcGqq6

[Journeyman]

12. I wonder what would have caused something like that to collapse . . .

It's not all that big and it seems to be tucked somewhat away from where you'd expect people would stand.

Very odd.

[canetoad]

14. Did you go around the back?

[forgotmylogin]

22. I was thinking they had an actual wall of ice.

I went to a museum in Florida that had a simulated glacier, but it was essentially a hill of ice displayed in a pool situated so people could touch it - it couldn't fall anywhere.

The plaster iceberg scenery - it looks like part of the building facade. I wonder if the injured guests were inside and it broke internally? Maybe they were hit by the structure that holds it up? Just speculation.

[milestogo]

26. I didn't think they had ice in Tennessee.

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. The 'wall' that collapsed was indoors - could still be plaster

I wondered if it was polystyrene with glitter on, but I doubt that would have injured people.

[Withywindle]

7. TITANIC II: THE ICEBERG STRIKES BACK

[BComplex]

10. Ha!

[NBachers]

9. It was sabotaged by two renegade penguins from the rival Ark Encounter.

[SledDriver]

11. There's a Titanic museum?

And it's in... Tennessee?

[2naSalit]

18. Yeah, what's up with that?

I do know that if they offer seafood there, I wouldn't eat it. Perhaps coastal communities didn't like the idea of a museum for a disaster that big would be too spooky for tourists right next to the ocean and all.

[forgotmylogin]

27. People were SO into Titanic lore when the movie came out.

I worked in a bookstore back then and we couldn't get enough of the movie photo book in. Everyone wanted it.

There are people who want to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of decadent tragedy. I've heard of cosplay dinners where people dress up in period fashion for a dinner based on the menu of the last meal served. It's huge bucks, and people are weird.

[2naSalit]

30. People are weird.

The ones that do those reenactments should find something worthwhile to do and maybe just move on from the past. Sheesh, learn the lesson and go forward.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. There are several, but others have a bit more of a connection to the Titanic

Belfast - where it was built: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_Belfast

Southampton, where the voyage started - not called 'Titanic', but based around it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaCity_Museum

Liverpool, its "home port" though it never went there: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/collections/merseyside-maritime-museum-collections/titanic-collection

Cobh - its last port of call (then called Queenstown): https://www.titanicexperiencecobh.ie/

And ... Branson, Missouri, because Tennessee was obviously too close to the Atlantic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_Museum_%28Branson,_Missouri%29

[robbob]

20. Don't forget the Titanic museum in Halifax!

Where the victims bodies were brought and identified…

[tavernier]

34. I've been to Cobh.

It was included on my tour of Ireland. Interesting, historically informative, and very poignant.

[CanonRay]

24. My thought exactly.

[cinematicdiversions]

25. Belfast's Titanic museum is glorious nt

[Duppers]

31. Yes, weird, right?!

It's in Pigeon Forge (outside of Sevierville), a strip-mall type of tourist town right on the outskirts of the most beautiful mountains in the eastern U.S., the Great Smoky Mountain Nat'l Park.

The tourist industry constructs these ugly monstrosities to make $. People gotta see the junk & pay the bucks to entertain the kiddies. If that your goal, please take 'em to DisneyWorld, ffs. Don't keep supporting attractions that are trashing up the natural beauty.

My nature-loving .02 cents here.

[Beacool]

13. Oh, the irony...

The iceberg wall decided that it was time to become interactive and give visitors the real Titanic experience.

[forgotmylogin]

28. Perhaps the iceberg decided they should become a global warming museum...

"Enough of this, let's do something current. Geronimo! (fissure happens)"

[Beacool]

32. Possibly....

[Raine]

16. I would love to visit that museum

I've always been intrigued by the Titanic.

[PoliticAverse]

17. I love museums with live exhibits. n/t

[tanyev]

21. I hope they're OK, and that their hearts will go on.

[dalton99a]

23. Same kind of iceberg in Branson, Mo.

In fact, same owner

[alphafemale]

33. What does Pigeon Forge, Tennessee have to do with the Titanic?

That there would be a museum there.

I mean, other than preexisting swarms of people ready to part with their money?

[SharonAnn]

35. It's a tourist attraction . Just to get $$$ from tourists.