Dear Jillian,

Thank you for your support of this dream, which through the wide support of people like you, it will come to pass into reality.

I appreciate your comments and suggestions regarding the project.

It is our goal to present "Titan" to the world as an affordable experience, one that will call on the world's port cities for the experience of Titanic, from overnight "Voyages to Nowhere," to shipboard tours, to trans-Atlantic, and eventually trans-Pacific crossings. There will be something for everyone's budget, but the greatest thing is that our company will give back to the world, specifically, its needy children.

I feel that "Titan" will not just be the world's largest liner, one carrying on Titanic's legacy into the future (but NOT replacing it!), but will be a beacon of hope for the world's needy children in many ways. This is the only reason I have decided to proceed with this project, so that no one makes a buck off of all of those lost in the disaster, and that whatever is made indeed goes on to help someone, whether its saving a child from a deadly disease, to feeding a child, to giving a child a home, or to educate them, or certainly not least, to protect them from abuse, whether its at home, or through tyranny.

How anyone couldn't support this is beyond me, but there are those who do, but they are overwhelmed by those who support us, thus the reason I persevere in this quest.

This will be "Titan's" legacy, a "Ship of Ages", as Titanic was the "Ship of Dreams." The good ship.

I hope that you'll visit our website often as we move forward (sstitan.org)!

Thank you!

Joseph Ricker