It's easier to relate to people on a trip than in a war, too many people died during the great war so being concerned is overwhelming, the Titanic had the perfe

It's easier to relate to people on a trip than in a war, too many people died during the great war so being concerned is overwhelming, the Titanic had the perfect headline as the unsinkable ship, rich people were on the Titanic and we care about them more than poors dying in a war, etc...