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I was working in
the engine room.
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We got the order,
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"All hands on deck,
put your life preservers on."
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{\an8}The deck was full of
male third-class passengers.
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The last boat was
getting lowered.
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{\an8}About this time,
I met all the engineers
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{\an8}as they came
trooping up from below.
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Until that time, they had
loyally stuck to their guns.
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{\an8}When the crew
come up on deck,
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these guys who have
worked so heroically
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to try to keep
Titanic afloat,
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they expect that
there will be a place
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for them in the lifeboats,
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and, of course,
that is not the case.
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It was a bleak and
hopeless spectacle that
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met their eyes.
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Empty fools hanging
from every davit head.
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Not a hope
for any of them.
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{\an8}Titanic has enough people
on board that we're really
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{\an8}seeing the whole range of
reactions to facing death,
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from resignation
to fight and flight,
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to acting out of love and
empathy to help other people.
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One fellow said, "Go to
the first cabin bar room."
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There was a steward
filling up tumblers on a tray.
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He said, "Go on,
lads, drink up.
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She's goin' down."
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Some people prefer
to stay in their cabin
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and let the waters rise up.
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Others go to the bar
and just start drinking
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the place dry.
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Everyone has to choose
to die in their own way,
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whatever that is.
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Captain Smith
and Thomas Andrews,
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the ship's designer,
must have been in hell.
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This was their
unsinkable ship.
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{\an8}Andrews was seen throwing
steamer chairs into the water
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{\an8}with the idea of
actually helping those who
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{\an8}got into the sea to have
something to support them.
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During the Falklands War,
I was a Captain.
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The ship that was bombed,
which I had to abandon,
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and so I know the
pressures he was under.
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And I personally think
that he probably stayed
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on the bridge and
waited to meet his fate.
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There's
something of the stiff
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upper lip happening
here, but inside,
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there must be inner turmoil
because survival instinct
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is really powerful.
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And the Captain is
probably suppressing it
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as much as he can.
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The social codes of conduct,
fighting against that very
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ancient part of the brain,
the primitive part that
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just drives us
forward biologically.
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I wanted to jump out
and try to catch one of the,
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the empty lifeboat falls.
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I couldn't just jump.
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{\an8}We might hit wreckage
or a steamer chair and
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{\an8}be knocked unconscious.
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Milton dissuaded me.
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Milton we
gotta do something!
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Milton Long, 29-year-old
American law clerk,
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and Jack had struck up
a conversation many hours
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earlier in
the dining saloon,
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and now they find
themselves facing this
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life-or-death
moment together.
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So many thoughts
passed through my mind.
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I thought of all
the good times I'd had.
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Sincerely pitied myself.
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Back
in the wireless room,
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Jack Phillips has stuck to
his post right to the end,
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even when Captain Smith said
it's every man for himself,
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because he believes he's
doing something useful.
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The sea has almost
reached the wireless room,
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and they have
just minutes before
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it's filled
with freezing water.
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I was back in my room
getting Phillips' money for him,
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and as I
looked out the door,
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I saw a stoker or somebody
from below decks slipping
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the lifebelt off his back.
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{\an8}I remembered in a
flash the way Phillips
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{\an8}had clung on, how I'd
had to fix that lifebelt
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{\an8}in place because he
was too busy to do it.
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And I felt a passion
not to let that man die
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a decent sailor's death.
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I hope I finished him,
I don't know.
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We left him on the floor
of the wireless cabin.
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He wasn't moving.
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I climbed on top
of the officer's quarters,
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and I saw
the last of Phillips.
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He
doesn't say goodbye.
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He doesn't give
any explanation.
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There's no clap on
the back to his junior.
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He's done everything.
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There is
nothing more to do.
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The man is ready to die.
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{\an8}At this stage,
all the lifeboats
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{\an8}on the boat deck
have been launched, and,
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{\an8}of course, there's,
there's a panic that there
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{\an8}are no lifeboats left,
but there is actually two
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more stashed away on the
roof of the officer's quarters,
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collapsible A and B.
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I saw the boat and the
men trying to push it off.
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They couldn't do it.
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I went up to them,
lending a hand.
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Now the crew are
trying to launch them
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in increasingly difficult
and desperate conditions.
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Just then,
the ship took a slight
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but definite plunge.
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The sea came
rolling up in a wave.
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And a large wave washes
collapsible A and B overboard.
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You've just
been given that hope,
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but in amongst the chaos,
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the lifeboats are stolen
from you by the elements,
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and that is
just devastating.
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The big wave
carried the boat off.
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I had hold of an oar
lock and went off with it.
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Water was washing
right across the deck,
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{\an8}and we were in
water right to our hips.
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Another lurch threw
myself off and away from
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the ship into the water.
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No! No! No!
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I was underwater and
knew I had to fight for it.
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The temperature in the
water is minus two degrees,
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so as soon as that
cold water hits the body,
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there's a shock reaction,
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and the mind is reacting
in a state of panic.
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Everything I touched
seemed to be women's hair.
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Children crying,
women screaming.
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Their hair in my face.
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If only I could forget
those hands and faces
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that I touched.
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The ship was sinking
on its head very quickly.
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The water was
right up to the bridge.
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The crowd moved with it,
pushing towards the stern.
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A sight that
doesn't bear dwelling on.
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To stand there above the
wheelhouse watching the
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frantic struggles to
climb up the sloping deck,
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unable to even hold
out a helping hand.
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I knew what the futility
of following that instinct
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for self-preservation.
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It would only be
postponing the plunge
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and prolonging the agony.
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Turning to the bridge,
I took a header.
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Striking water was like
a thousand knives being
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driven into one's body.
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For a few moments,
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I completely
lost grip of myself.
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We were at the starboard rail
to keep away from the crowd.
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The ship began
to shoot down fast,
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the water rushing up
towards us.
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We had no time to think,
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only to act.
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The people who choose
to jump are ultimately the
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people who take some form
of control in a situation
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where you are powerless.
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We were about five minutes
away from the ship,
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{\an8}but we could still see
it as the lights stayed on.
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The ship stood
almost on its nose,
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slowly sinking.
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And the people on
the Titanic were
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yelling and crying.
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I could see some of them
as they jumped into the water.
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I found myself
drawn against the grating
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covering a ventilator.
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The pressure of the
water glued me there.
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The shaft led to a stokehold,
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a sheer drop of
100 feet right
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to the bottom of the ship.
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I struggled and
kicked for all I was worth.
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Every instinct
expecting the wire to go,
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to find myself shot down
into the bowels of the ship.
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The shock of the
water took the breath
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from my lungs.
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Down and down I went,
spinning in all directions.
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The cold was terrific.
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Most people think of
drowning in a circumstance
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like this, it is that
ultimately your body runs
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out of energy,
but actually,
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you can drown as soon as
you first hit freezing water.
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Some may have
cardiac arrest almost
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immediately
because of the shock.
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I was still
fighting when a blast of
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hot air came up the
shaft and blew me right away
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from the airshaft
and up to the surface.
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Finally, I came up,
my lungs bursting.
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The ship was
in front of me.
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Suddenly, the second funnel
seemed to be lifted off.
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The funnel
started to fall right
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amongst the struggling
mass of humanity already
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in the water.
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It missed me by
only 20 to 30 feet.
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The suction of
it drew me down.
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Those poor people
were sucked down in those
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funnels like flies.
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As I came
to the surface,
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my hand came
against something,
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one of the
collapsible lifeboats.
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It was floating in the
water, bottom side up.
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About four or five
men clinging onto her,
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so I asked them to give
me a hand up, which they did.
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Sitting on my haunches,
holding on for dear life,
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it seemed as though hours had
passed since I left the ship.
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People like
Jack and Officer Lightoller
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are swarming onto
collapsible B upside down,
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using it like a raft
in the freezing water just
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as a way of
trying to survive.
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{\an8}The end was very close.
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Something in the bowels
of the Titanic exploded,
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and sparks shot up to the sky.
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Two other
explosions followed,
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dull and heavy
as if below the surface.
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The huge weight of
seawater in the bows and
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in the stern meant that
the two things were unable
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to remain as one part.
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The whole superstructure
of the ship seemed to split.
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The lights suddenly go out,
and then darkness falls.
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The Titanic
broke in two before my eyes.
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The fore part wallowed over
and disappeared instantly.
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{\an8}The ship seemed to right
herself like a hurt animal
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{\an8}with a broken back.
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For a strange,
hallucinatory moment,
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it looks as though
everything is going to be fine
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because the weird,
wonky, distorted angles
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of the great ship
start to settle.
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There's people that think
that some sort of safety
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feature has kicked in,
you know, at least this
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half of the ship
is going to somehow survive,
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and those on board
are going to be spared,
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but ultimately
that is short-lived.
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{\an8}I saw the Titanic
go up in the air,
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{\an8}ever so big.
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Huge ship reared
herself on end.
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Rudder and propeller
clear of the water until
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at least she assumed a
perpendicular position.
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We saw groups of the
1,500 people still aboard
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clinging like
swarming bees.
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The contents of the Titanic is
now falling through it,
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and tragically,
people as well.
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{\an8}I think it was only at
that moment that many of
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{\an8}those poor souls onboard
realized their fate.
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If we're
gonna die, I said,
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it would be best to
die gripping something.
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We gripped the rail.
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A sharp exclamation
from my husband,
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"My God, she is going now."
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{\an8}The steamer,
without a sound
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{\an8}except for the shrieks of
the people still onboard,
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stood right on end.
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It stood there several
moments and slipped
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straight down
into the water.
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As easily as a
pebble in a pond.
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Our proud ship.
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Our beautiful Titanic .
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Everyone round
me on the upturned boat
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breathed the two words,
"She's gone."
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I did not wish
to see her go down.
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{\an8}I'm glad that I did not.
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My back was turned to her.
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We were pulling away.
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This is his ship.
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This is his company,
and there is intense
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professional and
personal shame here.
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I think that was just
too overwhelming for him
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to be able to look.
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Probably a minute
passed with almost
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dead silence and quiet.
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Then an
unforgettable cry went up
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from 1,500
despairing throats.
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A bedlam of
shrieks and cries.
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A nightmare of
both sight and sound.
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Hearing desperate
disembodied voices in
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the darkness of the ocean...
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A cacophony of tears
and shouts and despair
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is, is almost like
a soundscape of hell.
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Potentially, it's your
husband, your brother,
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your father,
your loved ones' voices.
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I don't know how
you recover from that.
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I have never
heard such screams
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from the hundreds
of people floating about us.
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It was a horrible row.
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Mother!
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One young man near
me shouted...
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Mother! Mother!
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"Mother."
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Mother! Mother!
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A man alongside me
crushed me round the neck.
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I choked him off.
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Nobody knows how they'll
react in that circumstance.
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You're surrounded by
others in a panic with you.
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You begin to lose the
function of your arms and
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the function of your legs,
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the thing that you
need to keep afloat,
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and that can happen
extremely quickly because
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that body's reaction
to keep your vital
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organs warm
is so powerful.
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The people in
the lifeboats are sitting
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and listening
to others die,
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and everyone's response
to that trauma situation
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will be different.
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We chatted of little
unimportant things,
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as people do when
they've been through
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great mental strain.
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Try to make feeble jokes.
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00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:03,215
I remember I
teased Ms. Fragatelli,
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00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:04,925
"Just fancy,
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00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:07,970
you left your beautiful
nightdress behind you."
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00:23:11,015 --> 00:23:12,975
And we all laughed.
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00:23:15,644 --> 00:23:18,606
But in our hearts, we
felt very far from laughter.
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00:23:19,773 --> 00:23:22,526
Lucy's comments
sound tone deaf to us,
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00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:25,321
but I think they're
a trauma response.
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It is far easier to
comprehend the loss of
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a beautiful
piece of clothing.
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00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:37,541
She's a fashion designer,
of course, than it is to
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wrap their heads around
the extraordinary horror of
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the loss of human life that
they're seeing before them.
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00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:53,390
For those in the water,
a fatal countdown has begun.
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00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:56,226
Once severe
hypothermia sets in,
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you've got about 15 minutes
until you'll become unconscious.
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00:24:02,024 --> 00:24:03,901
A large number
of people gave up the
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struggle and
were content to die,
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00:24:07,363 --> 00:24:10,449
for the water was so cold.
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00:24:13,077 --> 00:24:15,412
When the darkness
starts to creep in on you,
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that's when you have
to have a real word with
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00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:19,041
yourself and remind
yourself that you still
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00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,876
have some fight in you.
325
00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:30,052
I swam as
though I was in a race.
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00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:33,722
I got myself away
from the crowd.
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00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,642
Behind me, there
was the horrible volume
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00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:38,477
of groans which...
329
00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:44,775
I can hear them now.
330
00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:48,904
It was a terrible
sight all around.
331
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Men swimming and sinking.
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00:24:52,449 --> 00:24:53,784
I saw a boat of some kind.
333
00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:56,912
And I put all my strength
into an effort to swim to it.
334
00:24:58,122 --> 00:24:59,790
It was hard work.
335
00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:05,754
I was all done when
a hand reached from the
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boat and pulled me aboard.
337
00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,759
Come on, that's it.
338
00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:13,012
Collapsible B that
had been stored on the roof of
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the officers' quarters,
was washed off deck and
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00:25:15,431 --> 00:25:20,602
is now the last hope
of the men who jump
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00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,563
from the Titanic .
342
00:25:22,813 --> 00:25:25,607
Among the 30 men
on Collapsible B,
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00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:29,653
we have Harold Bride,
Jack Thayer, Eugene Daly,
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00:25:30,237 --> 00:25:31,780
and Charles Lightoller.
345
00:25:32,781 --> 00:25:35,993
Others came near,
nobody gave them a hand.
346
00:25:36,118 --> 00:25:38,704
The bottom-up boat already
had more men than it would
347
00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:40,789
hold and was sinking.
348
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:46,128
We were very low in the
water, standing, sitting,
349
00:25:46,253 --> 00:25:48,630
kneeling, lying in all
conceivable positions.
350
00:25:50,299 --> 00:25:53,135
People came up beside
us and begged us to get
351
00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:55,262
on this upturned boat.
352
00:25:58,140 --> 00:26:01,935
Saving ourselves, we were
obliged to push them off.
353
00:26:05,439 --> 00:26:07,024
One man was alongside us
354
00:26:07,149 --> 00:26:09,693
and asked if he could
get up on top of it.
355
00:26:11,779 --> 00:26:14,156
We told him that if he did,
we would all go down.
356
00:26:17,159 --> 00:26:20,746
His reply was,
"God bless you, goodbye."
357
00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:27,503
To look another human being
in the eye and say to them,
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"You're going to
have to perish,"
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00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:32,424
like that, is an
impossible thing not just
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00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:35,177
to live through in the moment
but then to have to live with.
361
00:26:40,182 --> 00:26:43,185
There are 1,500
people in ice cold water
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00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:46,271
in the Atlantic, and
there are some lifeboats
363
00:26:46,355 --> 00:26:48,482
that are full to capacity,
364
00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,526
and there's nothing
they can do.
365
00:26:50,859 --> 00:26:53,028
But there are many
others that are even
366
00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:55,072
less than half full.
367
00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:59,118
Because the 18 lifeboats
are not at capacity,
368
00:26:59,201 --> 00:27:02,121
there's still space
for over 400 people.
369
00:27:03,163 --> 00:27:05,791
It could save them from
almost certain death.
370
00:27:08,794 --> 00:27:11,547
Within the lifeboats,
there's an intense dilemma.
371
00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:13,757
Do they go back
and save people,
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00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:16,176
or do they stay at a safe
distance so that they don't
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00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:19,388
get overcrowded and
everyone in that lifeboat
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00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,306
end up in the water?
375
00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:26,103
Three times an officer
ordered his men to turn about,
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00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:29,648
{\an8}but each time they
were prevented from
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00:27:29,731 --> 00:27:32,025
{\an8}doing so by some
of the passengers.
378
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:37,030
They grasped the oars
so that the seamen were
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00:27:37,114 --> 00:27:40,409
forced to give up
turning back to rescue
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00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:42,327
any of the unfortunates.
381
00:27:46,874 --> 00:27:49,710
In the Duff-Gordon boat,
one of the crew members says,
382
00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:51,378
"It's up to us to
go back and see if we
383
00:27:51,461 --> 00:27:53,130
can pick anyone up."
384
00:27:54,256 --> 00:27:56,300
The Duff-Gordons object.
385
00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:57,634
They say they'll
be swamped,
386
00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:00,387
and they persuade the
crew not to go back.
387
00:28:01,722 --> 00:28:04,308
I find it chilling that
the Duff-Gordons are just
388
00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:07,895
openly hostile to letting
anyone in their lifeboat.
389
00:28:07,978 --> 00:28:11,481
All along, they have
been given privileges that
390
00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:13,442
other people
haven't been given,
391
00:28:13,567 --> 00:28:18,447
and to die slowly in
ice-cold water within earshot
392
00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:20,616
of people who
might save your life,
393
00:28:20,741 --> 00:28:23,035
I think there's a
particular cruelty to that.
394
00:28:26,788 --> 00:28:30,000
Men and women
were going to their death
395
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,252
beneath the icy
waters of the Atlantic,
396
00:28:32,336 --> 00:28:37,966
but I noticed in a hazy,
detached sort of way.
397
00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:42,471
I'd gone through too much
in those hours to think clearly.
398
00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:47,643
She's so
traumatized she's not
399
00:28:47,768 --> 00:28:51,313
able to get out of her
own experience enough
400
00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:54,483
to engage with what
those people in the water
401
00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:56,109
are going through
at that time.
402
00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:05,160
Partially filled
lifeboats standing by
403
00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,205
only a few hundred yards
away never came back.
404
00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:15,879
Why on earth they did not
come back is a mystery.
405
00:29:16,004 --> 00:29:19,007
How could any human being
fail to heed those cries?
406
00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:26,181
I think it is
extremely unfortunate the
407
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:28,934
lifeboats didn't go ahead
and start to rescue people.
408
00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:31,520
They were willing to sit
with people screaming
409
00:29:31,645 --> 00:29:32,896
and dying in the water,
410
00:29:33,021 --> 00:29:34,898
and I find that
quite surprising.
411
00:29:38,485 --> 00:29:42,197
I became so
numb I could hardly swim.
412
00:29:44,491 --> 00:29:46,827
My head was so queer.
413
00:29:52,082 --> 00:29:55,043
But when I was almost at
my last gasp, I shouted,
414
00:29:55,127 --> 00:30:01,341
"Boats ahoy" on the off
chance that one might be near.
415
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:09,766
I had room for a
dozen more people in my boat,
416
00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:11,893
{\an8}but it was dark.
417
00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:17,024
{\an8}We didn't pick
up any swimmers.
418
00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:22,696
We all like to think that
we'd be the noble one that
419
00:30:22,779 --> 00:30:24,906
does the right thing,
420
00:30:25,032 --> 00:30:27,075
but that's not
how survival works.
421
00:30:28,744 --> 00:30:30,203
Ultimately,
as human beings,
422
00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:32,247
we are animals
who have survived.
423
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,082
That's how we've
evolved to be what we are.
424
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,460
So survival instinct is
absolutely within our DNA.
425
00:30:37,085 --> 00:30:40,005
And so you have no idea
what you are capable of
426
00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:42,215
until you are
pushed in an extreme.
427
00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:46,553
Disasters reveal an
aspect of your personality
428
00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:47,929
that you might
not know is there,
429
00:30:48,055 --> 00:30:50,098
and you might not
like being there,
430
00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:51,600
to, to save
your own life,
431
00:30:51,725 --> 00:30:53,268
to let hundreds
of people die?
432
00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:54,478
I think that's, that's
something that would
433
00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:57,230
weigh heavily on you
for the rest of your life.
434
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,867
There's a cluster
of lifeboats closer
435
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:10,952
to where the
Titanic went down,
436
00:31:11,036 --> 00:31:13,622
including
Lifeboats 14 and 4,
437
00:31:14,623 --> 00:31:16,166
and this is a kind
of case of right place,
438
00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:18,585
right time for some
people in the water.
439
00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:22,589
Fortunately,
my shout was heard.
440
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:25,759
Over here!
441
00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:28,303
I was hauled
into Lifeboat No. 4.
442
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:33,600
About seven people are
rescued because of that boat,
443
00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:36,478
including Thomas Dillon.
444
00:31:37,062 --> 00:31:40,232
I think I'd been
20 minutes in the water.
445
00:31:43,819 --> 00:31:48,657
I would rather die
100 times than go through
446
00:31:48,782 --> 00:31:50,659
such an experience again.
447
00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:05,632
Mr. Lowe went in
search of other lifeboats.
448
00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:11,054
He found 4 or 5 and took
command of the little fleet.
449
00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:13,890
The whole of you
are under my orders.
450
00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:16,226
Lifeboat 14
is very full,
451
00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:18,603
but Lowe realizes
that actually,
452
00:32:18,687 --> 00:32:20,605
if this group works together,
453
00:32:20,689 --> 00:32:24,025
they have a chance of being
able to launch a rescue mission.
454
00:32:25,193 --> 00:32:27,946
They were able to
redistribute those passengers,
455
00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:30,532
and they actually free
up an entire lifeboat,
456
00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:34,286
which allows them to go
in and search for survivors.
457
00:32:34,703 --> 00:32:36,705
Row.
458
00:32:36,913 --> 00:32:39,291
{\an8}I went with just
the boat's crew,
459
00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:42,127
{\an8}no passengers.
460
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:45,380
Of course, I had to
wait for the yells and
461
00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:48,216
shrieks to subside,
462
00:32:48,717 --> 00:32:50,719
for the people to thin out.
463
00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:57,058
Officer Lowe is very
aware of the potential risks.
464
00:32:57,184 --> 00:32:58,852
You can be capsized
when trying to pull
465
00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:00,896
survivors into the vessel.
466
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:03,315
The vessel can be swamped,
467
00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:05,483
but they
choose to go back.
468
00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:07,736
They're not just
survivors in this moment;
469
00:33:07,861 --> 00:33:09,404
they continue
to be crewmen.
470
00:33:09,487 --> 00:33:10,655
Your training
just kicks in,
471
00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:12,240
and you have
a responsibility
472
00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:15,035
to those around you,
even before yourself.
473
00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:18,038
I searched the
wreck thoroughly and
474
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:20,123
found four persons.
475
00:33:20,457 --> 00:33:23,752
One was a Mr. Hoyt
from New York.
476
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:29,382
He was bleeding
from the mouth.
477
00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:32,093
I loosened his shirt
so as to give him every
478
00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:37,224
chance to breathe, but
unfortunately, he died.
479
00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:40,769
I suppose he was too far
gone when we picked him up.
480
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,196
Most of those that
jumped in the sea died within
481
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,323
a quarter of an hour.
482
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:56,159
The awful moaning
ceased after that.
483
00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:02,874
{\an8}We saw nothing but
ice and dead bodies.
484
00:34:02,958 --> 00:34:06,795
{\an8}My God!
485
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,171
{\an8}My...
486
00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:10,006
I remember
the very last cry,
487
00:34:10,131 --> 00:34:13,009
this man's
voice calling loudly,
488
00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:18,807
"My God, my God."
489
00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,689
My God.
490
00:34:25,814 --> 00:34:28,316
I think it would have
been very haunting to slowly
491
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,527
hear fewer and fewer voices,
492
00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:33,405
and that's one of the
most traumatic memories
493
00:34:33,488 --> 00:34:36,283
that people had is the
sound of those screams.
494
00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:50,755
The air was leaking
from under the boat,
495
00:34:51,673 --> 00:34:54,217
lowering us further and
further into the icy water.
496
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:58,388
Soaking wet, freezing.
497
00:34:58,513 --> 00:35:01,308
The pack of huddled
men on Collapsible B
498
00:35:01,391 --> 00:35:04,269
have survived so many odds.
499
00:35:04,894 --> 00:35:07,397
But that's all for nothing
if nobody comes to your rescue,
500
00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:09,816
and they don't
know if that's coming.
501
00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:15,322
Some lost consciousness
and slipped overboard.
502
00:35:16,197 --> 00:35:17,407
The problem
with trying to stay on
503
00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,826
an upside-down boat, which
they're now using as a raft,
504
00:35:19,909 --> 00:35:21,328
is that it's not stable.
505
00:35:21,411 --> 00:35:25,165
This is a balancing act,
literally to save your life.
506
00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:28,877
Their
class differences cease
507
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,046
to be important.
508
00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:32,255
We've got men
from first class,
509
00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:34,007
men from third, crew members
510
00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:36,301
united by this
will to survive.
511
00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:40,388
Harold Bride helped
keep our hopes up.
512
00:35:41,556 --> 00:35:44,059
He said time
and time again,
513
00:35:44,184 --> 00:35:46,269
" The Carpathia is coming
as fast as she can,
514
00:35:46,728 --> 00:35:48,605
The Carpathia is coming
as fast as she can."
515
00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:56,363
Lightoller found his whistle.
516
00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:02,869
After desperate calling,
we got the attention of
517
00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:04,871
the other lifeboats.
518
00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:08,833
Two of the boats
realized the position
519
00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:11,169
we were in
and drew toward us.
520
00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:16,758
They had a
right-side-up boat,
521
00:36:18,093 --> 00:36:19,761
and it was
full to its capacity.
522
00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:25,433
Yet they came to us
and loaded us all into it.
523
00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:41,783
Officer Boxhall
took some green flares
524
00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:45,370
from the bridge, and
now he's lighting them,
525
00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:48,123
hoping that he will
attract the attention of
526
00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:50,792
the approaching
rescue vessel.
527
00:37:01,803 --> 00:37:05,265
About this time,
the edge of the sun
528
00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:07,851
came above the horizon.
529
00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:14,315
To feel that
glowing warmth,
530
00:37:14,441 --> 00:37:17,277
which we'd never
expected to see again,
531
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,946
that's something
never to be forgotten.
532
00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:28,079
We were all very
tired when we saw
533
00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:29,873
a big light.
534
00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:35,712
Look! Look! It's a ship!
535
00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:40,425
Suddenly,
a flicker of hope,
536
00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:43,511
a ship getting
closer every minute.
537
00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:49,392
Coming towards
the sight of the wreck
538
00:37:49,517 --> 00:37:53,062
and the lifeboats bobbing
about in this freezing,
539
00:37:53,188 --> 00:37:58,151
empty sea,
finally is The Carpathia.
540
00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:01,654
She's come as fast as she
could through the ice flows,
541
00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:03,990
through the
night responding to
542
00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:06,451
Jack Phillips's
distress calls.
543
00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:20,215
Nothing has ever
looked so good to me as
544
00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:22,967
the lights
from The Carpathia.
545
00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:28,765
Even through my numbness,
I began to realize I was saved.
546
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:45,740
At last,
The Carpathia was alongside,
547
00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:48,910
and people were being
taken up by rope ladder.
548
00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:54,082
One man was dead.
549
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:57,418
I passed him and
went up the ladder.
550
00:39:05,635 --> 00:39:08,721
The dead man was Phillips.
551
00:39:09,889 --> 00:39:13,560
He had died on the raft of
exposure and cold, I guess.
552
00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:20,066
He stood his ground until
the crisis had passed;
553
00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:23,736
then he collapsed.
554
00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:39,043
No survivor
knows better than I
555
00:39:39,127 --> 00:39:42,463
the cruelty
of disappointment.
556
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,470
I had a husband
to search for.
557
00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:55,351
A husband whom I
believed would be found
558
00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:58,563
in one of the boats.
559
00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:06,654
He was not there.
560
00:40:11,701 --> 00:40:14,245
My friends were all
among the missing when
561
00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:16,414
the role was called.
562
00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:21,794
The loss
affected me badly.
563
00:40:27,842 --> 00:40:29,510
The big
narrative is always going
564
00:40:29,636 --> 00:40:33,222
to be about heroism
and loss and sacrifice,
565
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:36,517
but the Titanic
was a disaster.
566
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:41,856
These are real people's
lives that are lost.
567
00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:45,777
Real people who suffered.
568
00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:12,887
- Shut all dampers!
- Dropping!
569
00:41:13,221 --> 00:41:15,723
The engineers were
the heroes, I think.
570
00:41:16,265 --> 00:41:18,267
They kept going in some
minutes before the Titanic
571
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:20,353
went out of sight.
572
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:22,772
Not a man of
them was saved.
573
00:41:28,194 --> 00:41:31,698
In 1912, it was taken
for granted that the price
574
00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:34,575
of a first-class ticket
included a greater
575
00:41:34,701 --> 00:41:36,744
likelihood of surviving.
576
00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:41,749
What the Titanic
teaches us is what happens when
577
00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:45,086
people's lives are
given unequal value.
578
00:41:46,879 --> 00:41:49,382
Every element from your
breakfast to how you're
579
00:41:49,465 --> 00:41:51,592
treated in an emergency,
580
00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:54,804
all of that is impacted
by class and hierarchy,
581
00:41:54,929 --> 00:41:56,723
and status.
582
00:41:57,181 --> 00:42:00,560
This happened in an age
where the British stiff
583
00:42:00,643 --> 00:42:02,937
upper lip was
stiffer than ever,
584
00:42:03,062 --> 00:42:04,105
but the reality is,
585
00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:06,524
it doesn't matter how
resilient you think you are,
586
00:42:06,607 --> 00:42:09,485
sometimes we're just
not capable of processing
587
00:42:09,610 --> 00:42:11,237
that level of horror.
588
00:42:12,113 --> 00:42:14,449
Personal trauma
was not recognized.
589
00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:16,951
You just suffered,
and you carried on.
590
00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:19,787
Those people who survive,
they were just now going
591
00:42:19,871 --> 00:42:21,414
to have to pick up
their lives as best
592
00:42:21,497 --> 00:42:23,791
they could and manage.
593
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:27,795
These are searing
memories that never leave them,
594
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,757
and the grief was huge,
595
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,800
but I like to
imagine that there were
596
00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:37,013
those who felt that this
encounter with death
597
00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:40,641
made them live the rest
of their days more fully,
598
00:42:40,975 --> 00:42:43,811
and that they owed it
to those who died to live.
599
00:45:02,450 --> 00:45:07,330
I lost my pipes, which
I prided myself so much on.
600
00:45:08,289 --> 00:45:12,543
I lost all my
clothes and 98 pounds,
601
00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:15,796
which had taken
me many years to save.
602
00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:22,595
Here I am stripped of
all I had but thankful to
603
00:45:22,678 --> 00:45:25,723
God that He left me my life.