ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A solemn memorial was held just after midnight on Sunday (April 15) for the victims of the Titanic tragedy that took place 100 years ago.<br/> <br />A band played music on the deck of cruise ship Azamara Journey.<br/> <br />Wrapped up in blankets to protect themselves against the cold North Atlantic air, relatives of the victims listened to Reverend Robert Lawrence say a brief prayer before two wreaths were tossed overboard to honor the more than 1500 people who died when the Titanic struck an iceberg.<br/> <br />"We're here tonight at the graves of 1,503 victims on the Titanic. And once again we ask the question why? Why?" Reverend Lawrence said in his homily.<br/> <br />The Titanic was considered unsinkable but foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.<br/> <br />Of the 2,223 passengers, only about 700 were rescued. There were too few lifeboats to save the rest.<br/> <br />Third class suffered the greatest loss - of approximately 710 on board, only some 174 survived. Seventy-six percent of the crew died.<br/> <br />One of those who perished in the icy Atlantic waters was Herbert Fuller Chaffee. On Sunday, Chaffee's great granddaughter Sharon Willing was on hand to honor her fallen relative.<br/> <br />.<br/> <br />"It's almost as though while I was here he was alive for me and I can now let him go," Willing said.<br/> <br />The Azamara Journey, which arrived from North America, and the Balmoral from England, converged on the Titanic site late on Saturday (April 14) to mark the anniversary.
