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Six Chinese language passengers survived the sinking however had been unable to get off the Carpathia and enter the US. As a substitute, they had been despatched to Cuba and seemingly vanished — till lately.

A documentary in regards to the six lacking Chinese language survivors (Lee Bing, Fang Lang, Chang Chip, Ah Lam, Chung Foo, and Ling Hee) referred to as “The Six” premiered at movie festivals in 2021.

“Six of the survivors, all Chinese language sailors, needed to keep on the ship, prohibited from getting into the USA underneath an anti-immigration legislation referred to as the Chinese language Exclusion Act. The subsequent day, immigration officers escorted them throughout Manhattan and put them on board a Cuba-bound cargo ship they’d been contracted to work on. After which they seemingly vanished,” The New York Occasions reported in August 2021.

One among these males, Lang, even impressed a scene in James Cameron’s “Titanic” — he was rescued from the water by the one returning lifeboat, very like Kate Winslet’s Rose. His rescue was additionally depicted, however the scene, obtainable on YouTube, was later deleted.

The BBC reported that the six survivors finally returned to the UK. Chip died quickly after the sinking in 1914. Lam was deported to Hong Kong, Hee made his technique to India, Bing moved to Canada, and Lang finally grew to become a US citizen many years after he was rejected. It is unclear what occurred to Foo.