+6000 ships SANK in the last few hundred years on the Great Lakes (5 huge inland lakes between US/Canada, with insane weather)
I bet 1 of the last thoughts of the 29 guys aboard was "it's quiet....why's it quiet, I can't hear the storm or the waves.....OMG we're under water, we've SUNK" I'm even thinking maybe the bridge crew them selves didn't look outside, and didn't realize they were flooded?? I've watched this many times, today that sounds foolish...in terms of type of sinking.
No one really knows how fast they sank, so was it they hit rocks, or were taking on water for a while and just slipped under FOREVER, and those crazy waves, drove them down forever?
Some sensor should have told them the draught ?(is that the sp?) I bet they were almost sunk and didn't even realize it without camera's, sensors, etc