The tragic story of the fatal final voyage of the Titanic is common knowledge throughout America. What has remained unknown except to historians and scientists is that a maritime disaster of similar magnitude occurred near Key West just over 100 years ago.
The world premiere of the documentary short “The Poor Man’s Titanic” tells the appalling story of the 400-foot Valbanera, a steamship with almost 500 passengers and crew aboard that sank in a hurricane 42 miles from Key West in 1919. Not a single person survived, nor were any bodies ever recovered.
