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00:00The things I saw made impressions, I can never forget.
00:20I can't describe it. I can't say how it was.
00:25It was just terrible.
00:34A dream of being trapped on the ship with no means of escape.
00:43But I always wake up before the boat sinks.
00:55He told me that apparently we'd struck something.
01:07Iceberg!
01:08Deadhead!
01:11I didn't become alarmed.
01:18There was no danger, they said.
01:24I told her to come at once. We were sinking.
01:26I can imagine the chaos and the fear and the terror of finding water in your cabin and you're in the bowels of the ship.
01:37It makes me panic just thinking about it.
01:40The story of the Titanic is the human condition spread out, pinned on a board for us to examine.
01:47Then came the terrible cry.
01:51Women and children, women and children.
01:54Two men lifted me up and put me in a boat.
01:59It's these small decisions, these little butterfly effect moments that change the outcome.
02:06Back!
02:07Back!
02:07Back!
02:08Back!
02:08Back!
02:08Back!
02:08Back!
02:08Back!
02:08Back!
02:08Back!
02:09Back!
02:09Back!
02:10Back!
02:10Back!
02:11Back!
02:12Back!
02:13Back!
02:14Back!
02:15Back!
02:16Back!
02:17Back!
02:17Back!
02:18It really was every man for himself.
02:22My heart stood still.
02:37If we're gonna die, that's to die gripping of something.
02:44It's a split second decision, what would you do, what would I do!
02:47it was a terrible sight
02:55men swimming and sinking
02:58had been brought up to believe in a hell
03:10after death
03:17for now I think I went through a hell that night
03:47I nipped along to have a look down the emergency staircase
04:11to gauge the speed the water was rising
04:18that cold green water crawling its ghostly way
04:24the electric lights shone under the surface
04:29with a weird effect
04:33Sir Lightoller knows now
04:38things are getting more serious
04:39he thought this thing could not go down
04:42and now he knows it could sink
04:45this is a terrible shock for him
04:48Captain Smith is at fault here
04:54he has not informed his senior officers
04:57of what he has known for some time
05:00it's very hard to know why Captain Smith
05:03did not give out the information
05:04to his most trusted command
05:06maybe it's important to keep this away
05:09to stop them panicking
05:10and to keep control
05:12there are just 10 standard lifeboats left on the ship
05:30along with 4 collapsibles
05:32there's 2,000 souls and more on board
05:36and only around 700 places
05:39there's no rescue ship coming anytime soon
05:41so if you don't get in
05:43you're gonna die
05:44Lightoller is going to continue
06:01doing exactly what he's done before
06:03but with even more fervor and rigidity
06:06enforcing the plan
06:07it's the only thing he can do
06:09Charlotte Collier is just about holding herself together
06:18in her family unit
06:19her husband Harvey
06:20and her little daughter Marjorie
06:23Mr. Lowe
06:26rushed among the passengers
06:30and ordered the women into the boats
06:33many of them followed him
06:35many of them followed him
06:37in a dazed kind of way
06:40and others stayed with their men
06:43a sailor caught Marjorie in his arms
06:49tore her away from me
06:52and threw her into the boat
06:55I was crying for my doll
06:59then two men lifted me up
07:03and put me in a boat
07:05she was not even given a chance
07:11to tell her father goodbye
07:13you too
07:17a man yelled
07:19you're a woman
07:20take a seat in that boat
07:23or it will be too late
07:25I heard my husband say
07:29go Lottie
07:34for God's sake
07:35be brave
07:35and go
07:36and saw my husband's back
07:44as he walked steadily
07:45down the deck
07:46and disappeared among the men
07:48if they'd not wrenched Marjorie
07:53away from me
07:54I wish I had gone with him
08:00the coaches deferential veneer
08:09is not there anymore
08:10the officers will pull apart women
08:13from their men
08:15and make them go into the boats
08:17whether they want to or not
08:19this is new in the course of the night
08:21and it's frightening
08:22there's a really stark disadvantage
08:34facing third-class passengers
08:36from the beginning
08:37they are stuck in the bowels of the ship
08:41trying to get to where the lifeboats are
08:43I've been seasick the whole trip
08:49all I wanted was to be left alone
09:01so I could lie down
09:03Anna Heerblom is a teenager from Finland
09:09she's a Swedish speaker
09:10a third of steerage passengers
09:13on the Titanic
09:14were from Nordic countries
09:16there were so many people
09:17who did not speak English
09:18they spoke Spanish, Arabic, Swedish
09:20Swedish is the second most spoken language
09:23when the boat struck
09:26the 14th of April
09:28which was my birthday
09:30I was 18
09:32I didn't become alarmed
09:37I just couldn't believe
09:40that this wonderful ship
09:41could possibly be in trouble
09:44there are 14 stewardesses
09:48in first class
09:49to help those passengers
09:51leave the ship
09:53in third class
09:54there's only one
09:55there was no
10:00tunneling system
10:01or announcement
10:02of what was going on
10:03of what to do
10:04they had to work it out themselves
10:06a crash woke me up
10:25nearly jolted me from my bed
10:29I put on my trousers
10:35and shoes
10:36and got up
10:36Eugene Daly is a 29 year old
10:43textile worker
10:43from County Westmeath
10:44in Ireland
10:45after years of saving
10:48he's immigrating to America
10:49along with his cousin Maggie
10:51her friend Bertha
10:53and his beloved Irish pipes
10:55the stewards came through
10:59and told the passengers
11:00that they shouldn't be frightened
11:02there was no danger
11:05they said
11:06everything was all right
11:09and that I might go back
11:11the third class passengers
11:20don't know what's going on
11:22because they're not being told
11:24and there's nothing worse
11:25than having an idea
11:26that something's really wrong
11:28but not knowing exactly
11:29what it is
11:30above deck
11:32the first and second class passengers
11:34and the crew
11:35they can all see
11:36there aren't enough boats left
11:38and there are hundreds of them
11:40on deck
11:41I stood at the bulkhead
11:47with the other stewardesses
11:48a ship's officer
11:50ordered us into the boat
11:51some live boats
11:54are only at half capacity
11:55now there's fear everywhere
11:58so they're filling them up
12:00as quickly as they can
12:01looking along
12:05the length of the ship
12:07I noticed
12:09the forward
12:10part of her
12:11was lower now
12:13much lower
12:16my heart stood still
12:22you know in the military
12:35this is what we talk about
12:36triaging
12:37this is a case of thinking
12:38how many people
12:39can we save at this point
12:41there's only room
12:42for 800 people
12:43in the life boats
12:44that remain
12:45so that's
12:46best case scenario
12:47but in crisis situations
12:49you're not getting
12:50the best case scenario
12:51within the panic
12:52the confusion
12:53the boat
12:56was full
12:58now
12:59as
13:01the boat
13:02was being lowered
13:03the ship's officer
13:05called
13:05here Miss Jessop
13:07look after this baby
13:10someone had
13:16dumped it on the deck
13:18beside his feet
13:19at this stage
13:24Violet is handed
13:25a baby
13:26that has been
13:27sort of separated
13:28from their family
13:30or whoever was
13:31caring for them
13:32at that point
13:32it's hard to fathom
13:34that
13:34that panic
13:37beginning to spread
13:38it's making
13:39their circumstances
13:40worse
13:41it's making
13:42everybody's chance
13:43of survival worse
13:44but it's such
13:45a natural reaction
13:46I could hear
14:04the
14:05commotion
14:07overhead
14:08increasing
14:09I decided
14:10to go up
14:11even though
14:12I still felt
14:12very ill
14:13I was fully clothed
14:17and
14:18I had a life belt
14:19my railroad ticket
14:21to Tacoma
14:23and a small amount
14:24of money
14:24were sewed
14:25in a little bag
14:26and hung around
14:27my neck
14:27so that I couldn't
14:28lose it
14:29I went down
14:33into the room
14:34where Maggie Daly
14:35and Bertha
14:35Mulville Hill were
14:36the men and women
14:39in third class
14:40are separated
14:41so for Eugene
14:42to find Maggie
14:44and Bertha
14:44he has to cross
14:45from one end
14:46of the ship
14:46to another
14:47no one is guiding
14:48them
14:48no one is saying
14:49this is the best way
14:50to get around
14:50the flooding
14:51they have to work
14:52it out themselves
14:53come with me
15:01the ship is sinking
15:02there's hundreds
15:07of third class
15:08passengers
15:08trying to navigate
15:09the warren
15:10of corridors
15:11hallways
15:12staircases
15:12and they're trying
15:14to get to a part
15:15of the ship
15:15the boat deck
15:16that they've never
15:17been allowed
15:17onto before
15:18it's difficult
15:20to convey
15:22the size of a ship
15:23like the Titanic
15:24it took me
15:2514 days
15:26before I could
15:28find my way
15:28from one part
15:29of that ship
15:30to another
15:30by the shortest route
15:31Eugene
15:33Maggie
15:34and Bertha
15:35must navigate
15:36up several decks
15:37to the boat deck
15:38it's now a very
15:40challenging situation
15:41and the feeling
15:42of a loss of control
15:43on the part of the crew
15:44is getting stronger
15:45and stronger
15:46it was about this time
15:48that the chief officer
15:49came over
15:50from the starboard side
15:51and asked
15:52did I know
15:52where the firearms were
15:54I told the chief officer
15:55yes
15:56come along
15:57and I'll get them
15:58drawing weapons
16:03is very unusual
16:04the officers
16:08clearly were aware
16:09of how
16:10panic was setting in
16:11and order
16:12and discipline
16:13amongst people
16:14were falling apart
16:15there are guns
16:18on board
16:18the Titanic
16:19like the lifeboats
16:21nobody expected
16:22to ever
16:23have to use them
16:24into the first officer's
16:30cabin we went
16:31the chief
16:32Murdoch
16:33the captain
16:33and myself
16:34I hauled them out
16:38still in all their
16:40pristine newness
16:41and grease
16:42here you are
16:47I was going out
16:50when the chief officer
16:52shoved one of the
16:53revolvers into my hands
16:55with a handful
16:55of ammunition
16:56and said
16:57here you are
16:59you may need it
17:01the fact of the matter
17:04is there are far more
17:05passengers than crew
17:06British and American
17:08society at this time
17:10is hierarchical
17:11and it's rules based
17:12people will do
17:13what they are told
17:14but not when their lives
17:16are at stake
17:17this is what the officers
17:19fear
17:19but you know
17:20Chekhov said
17:22you can't put a gun
17:23in the room
17:23and not use it
17:25third class passengers
17:40naturally gravitated
17:42towards the aftwell deck
17:43which is the outdoor space
17:45they've had use of
17:46but it is still
17:47three decks
17:48below the boat deck
17:49where the lifeboats are
17:51there was a lot of confusion
18:01there was a lot of confusion
18:05with people running around
18:07crying
18:08swearing
18:10and praying
18:12since I couldn't speak English
18:14I hardly knew what was happening
18:16I had to push people apart
18:21to find the place
18:23to walk
18:24she doesn't speak English
18:30there's no one experienced
18:32to advise her
18:33so she's working this all out
18:34with so much against her
18:36there's a sea of passengers
18:39already gathered there
18:40so Eugene and Anna
18:42are joining this throng of people
18:43I went up on deck
18:46people were running around
18:49the Titanic being an immigrant ship
18:53must conform to American
18:55and British immigration laws
18:57and one of those laws is around quarantine
18:59maintaining steerage class passengers
19:03in areas separate from the first and second class passengers
19:06to stop the spread of disease
19:09before the third class passengers
19:11have even boarded Titanic
19:12they've had to be subjected
19:14to medical examinations
19:15they're hemmed in
19:17by locked gates
19:18and these same gates
19:20that were meant to prevent ill health
19:21are now blocking their access
19:23to the lifeboats
19:24Eugene's cousin Maggie
19:26tries to go back to her cabin
19:27but that corridor
19:29is under five foot of water
19:30there's no chance she can make it
19:33and she turns back
19:34all this time
19:36we knew that the water
19:38was coming up
19:38and up rapidly
19:40to know that
19:43safety is on the other side
19:45of that locked gate
19:46it must make them despair
19:47the boat was practically full
20:06and there were no other women
20:09anywhere near it
20:10when 5th officer Lowe
20:13jumped in
20:14and ordered it lowered
20:16a young lad
20:21hardly more than a schoolboy
20:23was standing close to the rail
20:25now
20:27realising he was to be left behind
20:30he leapt down
20:31into the boat
20:32and crawled
20:34under a seat
20:35but the officer dragged him
20:40to his feet
20:41and ordered him
20:42back onto the ship
20:43we begged for his life
20:48please give him a chance
20:50the officer drew his revolver
20:56and thrust it
20:57into his face
20:59I give you 10 seconds
21:03to get back
21:05onto that ship
21:07before I blow your brains out
21:09please
21:11please
21:12the lad only begged harder
21:14please
21:16please
21:16please don't
21:17my mother said
21:18I called out
21:19don't shoot
21:21the officer
21:28suddenly changed his tone
21:31he lowered his revolver
21:34and looked the boy
21:37squarely in the eyes
21:39for god's sake
21:43be a man
21:44we have got women
21:45and children
21:46for god's sake
21:47we have women
21:48and children
21:49the little lad
21:50turned round
21:51and
21:52climbed back
21:53without a word
21:54he was not
22:00saved
22:00allow the boats
22:04to
22:08avoid
22:09another occurrence
22:10of that sort
22:10I fired my revolver
22:12as I was going down
22:14each deck
22:14because
22:16the boat
22:16wouldn't stand
22:17a sudden jerk
22:18she was loaded
22:19already with people
22:20and would not stand
22:21anymore
22:21actually drawing the gun
22:27shows that the ship's
22:29officers
22:29realized that
22:31things were very
22:32very desperate indeed
22:33and of course
22:34we did not have enough
22:35lifeboats
22:36for everybody on board
22:37there are 10 lifeboats
22:39left
22:40on deck now
22:41and
22:421,960 people
22:44still to save
22:45Titanic now
22:46was so low
22:47in the water
22:48that iconic areas
22:50like the
22:50grand staircase
22:51and some of the
22:52luxury stake rooms
22:53were flooding
22:54there's no doubt
22:56at all
22:56that this was
22:57unstoppable
22:58it was merely
22:59a question of time
23:00Phillips told me
23:14the wireless
23:14was growing weaker
23:15Jack Phillips
23:21has spent
23:22the last few hours
23:23trying to communicate
23:24with other
23:24wireless operators
23:26Carpathia
23:28is sailing
23:28at full speed
23:30towards Titanic
23:31but she's still
23:32two hours away
23:33on the nearest ship
23:35the Californian
23:37nobody
23:37recognized
23:38or responded
23:39to the distress
23:40flares
23:41but Phillips
23:42still believes
23:43that as long
23:43as he can
23:44get signals
23:45out
23:45he may be
23:46of some use
23:48but now
23:50the electricity
23:51is starting
23:52to fail
23:52then
23:55he does get
23:56a message
23:56from his
23:56sister ship
23:57Olympic
23:58but she seems
24:06not to understand
24:07at all
24:08what is happening
24:09to Titanic
24:10and thinks
24:10Titanic must be
24:11limping along
24:13sailing towards
24:13them
24:14the frustration
24:16here is
24:17now clear
24:18because the messages
24:18are not getting
24:19through
24:20for this young man
24:22in his mid-twenties
24:23I think this is the
24:25place of utmost
24:25distress
24:26right now
24:29it's clear
24:29on board ship
24:30that no rescue
24:31vessel is going
24:32to reach Titanic
24:34before she sings
24:35the third class
24:45passengers are at
24:45most risk
24:46at this moment
24:47there's the language
24:48difficulties
24:49there's probably
24:50a bit of aggression
24:51I think that's
24:51setting in
24:52annoyance
24:53frustration
24:54we had
24:57quite
24:58a number
24:59of hot-headed
25:00Italians
25:01and other people
25:02who got crazy
25:03and made for the stairs
25:04these men
25:06tried to rush
25:07the stairway
25:08pushing
25:09and crowding
25:10and pulling
25:10the women down
25:11at this moment
25:14we would expect
25:16the adrenaline
25:16to kick in
25:18the body
25:19the body wants
25:20to survive
25:20and it gives us
25:21some sort of
25:22innate choices
25:22you might fight
25:24your way to the front
25:24physically
25:25people might freeze
25:26where they're just
25:27stuck
25:28they're in terror
25:28they don't know
25:29what to do
25:29we also see people
25:31who are turning
25:32inward
25:33and that would be
25:34turning to God
25:34as well
25:35making the sign
25:35of the cross
25:36and so on
25:36the first class deck
25:39was higher up
25:40than the steerage deck
25:41and there were
25:42some steps leading
25:42up to it
25:43and a gate
25:44at the top
25:44of the steps
25:45they tried to keep us
25:47down at first
25:48on our steerage deck
25:49at the back
25:49of the ship
25:50they're trying
25:52to keep order
25:54but by doing so
25:56in such a chaotic
25:57way
25:57they probably contribute
25:59to a greater loss
26:00of life
26:00than they realised
26:02I can't say
26:06who they were
26:07I think they were sailors
26:08they didn't want us
26:12going up to the
26:12first class place
26:13at all
26:14even though
26:18there's no direct
26:19policy
26:19preventing
26:20third class passengers
26:21from accessing
26:22lifeboats
26:22it's clear
26:23from their testimony
26:24after the sinking
26:25that there was not
26:26a level playing field
26:27the third class
26:29were left
26:29marginalised
26:30and
26:31endangered
26:32by crew's actions
26:33there was no help
26:39of any kind
26:42to reach safety
26:43so
26:49time is ticking down
26:51the water's rising
26:52they're sandwiched
26:53in between
26:54the sea
26:55and the locked gate
26:56they're having to make
26:58life or death decisions
27:00in moments
27:01with very little information
27:03I got talking to
27:08a young Swedish girl
27:10returning to
27:12the United States
27:13she knew about
27:17an emergency
27:18stairway
27:19to where the lifeboats were
27:21Anna's interesting
27:26because she's come
27:27from a different environment
27:28she's come from Finland
27:29where the social strata
27:31isn't quite as defined
27:33as it is in England
27:34at the time
27:34perhaps she has a little bit
27:36more leeway
27:37to not rely on following
27:39the authority figure's orders
27:41we climbed the ladder
27:44up to the first class deck
27:46and then an officer
27:48saw me
27:50and dragged me
27:52up to the next deck
27:54we passed a window
28:00and we looked into
28:03a beautiful room
28:05the tables were so
28:07beautifully set
28:09the silver
28:11and
28:12and all the furniture
28:14the other girl
28:17she wanted to
28:18kick the window out
28:21and walk in
28:22and help ourselves
28:24I told her
28:28that they might make us
28:28pay for the broken window
28:30so
28:30we didn't
28:32there's some evidence
28:36that growing up
28:37in adverse situations
28:38actually gives you
28:39a kind of cognitive
28:40toolkit
28:41to be able to get
28:42through those situations
28:43all kinds of skills
28:45where you've needed
28:46to survive
28:47and depend on yourself
28:48and that translates
28:49really quite well
28:50to an emergency scenario
28:51the third class passengers
28:53have survived
28:54so many different
28:55challenges already
28:56they must have felt
29:03their confidence
29:04and trust
29:05in the crew
29:06and officers
29:08had gone
29:09I think these are people
29:10who are not taking
29:11no for an answer
29:12they couldn't keep them down
29:14gate was broken
29:23gate was broken
29:23all the storage passengers
29:26went up onto
29:27the first class deck
29:28they're going to take fate
29:30into their own hands
29:31and they will get
29:32to those boats
29:33in the same way
29:35that I think
29:35when officer Lowe
29:36fired his gun
29:37he changed the terms
29:38by breaking the gate
29:39they changed the terms
29:40I rushed
29:45to the lifeboats
29:48there seemed
29:50hundreds of people
29:52around me
29:53half the lifeboats
29:56have already gone
29:57they're in the water
29:58there's only four lifeboats
29:59at this end of the ship
30:00and the others
30:01are hundreds of yards
30:03ahead
30:03seeing only four lifeboats
30:07available
30:07and nearly 2,000 people
30:09trying to get into them
30:10there is such
30:12panic
30:12in that crowd
30:13everywhere
30:17everybody was confused
30:19I saw a lot of people
30:22Catholics
30:24make the sign
30:26of the cross
30:27I had to
30:30step
30:31on many of these people
30:34to
30:35reach the side
30:37of the deck
30:37the crying of children
30:42and the screaming
30:43of a woman
30:44you know
30:45these are terrifying sounds
30:46that we are programmed
30:48to have a sort of
30:49visceral reaction to
30:51I remember from living
30:52through my trauma
30:53my wounding in Afghanistan
30:55sounds stay with you
30:57far more than sights
30:58that is a powerful thing
30:59for the senses
31:00to take on board
31:01and for ultimately
31:03you to then have to live with
31:04I tried to
31:07get into a lifeboat
31:10and I was pushed back
31:12it seemed as though
31:19I would
31:20go down with the ship
31:21ideas about self-control
31:42and stoicism
31:43and self-sacrifice
31:44are celebrated
31:46as forms of gentlemanliness
31:49as well as manliness
31:50these are the values
31:52that they've been
31:52told to hold to
31:54and it means
31:57putting yourself
31:58second
31:59that is the ideal
32:01as far as Edwardian society
32:02is concerned
32:03Bruce Ismay
32:07who is the managing director
32:08of the White Star Line
32:10his father had founded
32:11the White Star Line
32:12and the Titanic
32:14is basically his idea
32:15this is the crowning
32:16achievement of his career
32:18the creation of this
32:19amazing
32:20opulent ship
32:21and
32:23now he can see
32:25that it is all
32:26going
32:26to the bottom
32:28of the sea
32:29did you think
32:39it was in a very
32:40serious condition
32:41as time got on
32:43I did
32:44and that the ship
32:46was sinking
32:47I did
32:48I helped for nearly
32:52two hours
32:53as far as I can judge
32:54at the starboard boats
32:56helping women and children
32:57into the boats
32:58and blurring them
32:59over the side
33:00I think
33:03the sensor responsibility
33:04for Bruce Ismay
33:05must have been huge
33:07and we see this
33:08in the fact
33:09that he spends time
33:10patrolling
33:11the boat deck
33:12putting people
33:14into boats
33:15instructing crew
33:16how to behave
33:17but he knows
33:19that there aren't
33:20enough lifeboats
33:21on board
33:21he knows
33:23by this point
33:23that there's no
33:24rescue ship
33:25coming anytime soon
33:27these lives
33:28are on his conscience
33:30the ship was
33:42listing heavily
33:44in the bow
33:46somebody gave me
33:48a push
33:49towards the boat
33:51when I got in
33:55that girl and I
33:57went together
33:58the lifeboat
34:03was so crowded
34:04when I got to the deck
34:20a lifeboat
34:20was hanging
34:21from the davits
34:22number 13 boat
34:24it was pretty well
34:27filled when I got there
34:28the boat
34:32Swain and Umi
34:33as I'd sailed with them
34:35and other ships before
34:36said to me
34:38you get on this boat
34:38and pull an oar
34:39Fred is in the lifeboat
34:44because you know
34:46he's one of those
34:47strong enough
34:47to be able to row it
34:48and at this stage
34:49the crew is now
34:50starting to really
34:51fill the lifeboats
34:53so I took his orders
34:55and I got on
34:57and she swung
34:57from the davits
34:58we had women
35:00men
35:01and two little babies
35:03one two months old
35:06and the other
35:07ten months old
35:08there is no real order
35:12people are sitting
35:13on top of one another
35:14and you know
35:15you're sort of being
35:15crushed underneath
35:16this mass of people
35:17it's suspended
35:20by davits
35:21off the side
35:22of the ship
35:22at this point
35:23it's about
35:2418 metres
35:25above the water
35:26but every
35:27person that gets in
35:28adds that weight
35:30adds that movement
35:31adds that risk
35:32and so there has to be
35:33a point at which
35:33you say that's enough
35:34about three more people
35:37get in after I did
35:38and then the orders
35:40were given
35:41let no more
35:42on that boat
35:42or the falls
35:43will break
35:44that means
35:46looking into the
35:47whites of people's eyes
35:48and saying
35:49there's no more space
35:50the boat
35:51the boat was being
36:06filled with women
36:07Maggie and Bertha got in
36:15and I got in
36:18the officer called me
36:25to go back
36:25but I got in
36:27life was sweet
36:30to me
36:30and
36:31I wanted to save myself
36:34it's the early hours
36:36of the morning
36:37the lifeboats are being
36:38filled to the broom now
36:39overfilled
36:40naturally
36:41some male passengers
36:42want to get in
36:43they want to be with
36:44their loved ones
36:44they just want to save
36:45their lives
36:46as any of us would
36:47they told me
36:50to get out
36:51but I didn't stir
36:52then they got a hold
36:57of me
36:57and pulled me out
36:58Eugene's testimony
37:02makes me
37:02like him
37:03I think he's honest
37:04he's frank
37:05he's not trying
37:06to put a spin
37:08on his own behaviour
37:09or anyone else's
37:10I get the feeling
37:12of a real
37:13historical account
37:13in its
37:14Watson
37:14all attitude
37:15what's sad
37:17about this story
37:18is that
37:18most of those officers
37:20knew the people
37:21that they were
37:21turning away
37:22in the sense
37:23that they were
37:23from the same class
37:24the same kind
37:25well
37:27if I didn't
37:29save myself
37:30at least
37:32I saved
37:32the two girls
37:33Captain Smith
37:59had severe doubts
38:00about whether
38:00a fully laden
38:02lifeboat
38:02could be lowered
38:03properly
38:04he knew
38:05there were a lot
38:05of people
38:05waiting down
38:06at the gangway
38:07doors
38:08to get into boats
38:09and therefore
38:10he thought
38:10how can I manage
38:11to get these boats
38:12full
38:13how can I save
38:14as many of the people
38:16whose lives
38:16I am responsible
38:17for
38:17as is possible
38:19the captain came
38:23and said
38:23Mr Boxall
38:24you go away
38:24in that boat
38:25pointing to
38:26boat number two
38:27I tumbled
38:32into this lifeboat
38:32and started
38:33to lower her
38:34and the captain
38:35looked over
38:36and told me
38:36go round
38:37to the starboard side
38:38which was
38:41practically
38:42on the opposite
38:42side
38:43to where I was
38:43lowered
38:44so Boxall's
38:48lifeboat
38:48was only about
38:4945% full
38:51was meant
38:51to go round
38:52to the starboard
38:53side of the ship
38:54to take on
38:55more passengers
38:56I had
38:59great difficulty
39:00in getting
39:00that boat
39:01around there
39:01there was
39:04suction
39:04I was using
39:10the stroke
39:11horse
39:11standing up
39:12and there was
39:13this lady
39:13helping
39:14she was steering
39:16around the ship
39:16stern
39:17when I
39:19passed around
39:20the boat
39:20to get to
39:22the gangway
39:22door on the
39:23starboard side
39:24her propellers
39:26were out
39:26of water
39:27but when I
39:30did eventually
39:31reach there
39:32I found
39:35that there
39:35was such a mob
39:36standing at the
39:37gangway doors
39:38if they jumped
39:56they'd swamped
39:57the boat
39:58I
40:01didn't go
40:02alongside
40:02she was only
40:04a small boat
40:05Voxel
40:11should have
40:11made sure
40:12that he
40:12filled the
40:13lifeboat
40:13up
40:14and take
40:15necessary
40:15action
40:15to make
40:16sure he
40:16wasn't
40:16swamped
40:17he was
40:17in a
40:18position
40:18to do
40:18that
40:19and he
40:19didn't
40:20it's a
40:23really tricky
40:24one
40:24because
40:25yes
40:25crews should
40:26follow orders
40:27and the
40:27structure
40:28of discipline
40:28is how
40:29you can
40:29try and
40:30create
40:30some
40:30form
40:31of
40:31order
40:31in
40:32moments
40:32of
40:32chaos
40:32there is
40:33a good
40:34reason
40:34why
40:35you know
40:36in
40:36circumstances
40:37we are
40:38not
40:38question
40:39orders
40:39having
40:40said
40:40that
40:41it's
40:41all
40:41well
40:41and
40:42good
40:42one
40:42of
40:42your
40:42superiors
40:43giving
40:43you
40:43an
40:44order
40:44but
40:45they're
40:45not
40:46seeing
40:46the
40:46circumstances
40:47that
40:47you
40:47are
40:47witnessing
40:48I
40:53pulled
40:53off
40:53and laid
40:54off
40:55until
40:57I
40:57pulled
40:59away
40:59about
40:59a
41:00quarter
41:00of a
41:00mile
41:00I
41:00suppose
41:01so the
41:26instinct
41:27to row
41:27away
41:28is
41:28very
41:29normal
41:29very
41:29human
41:30everybody
41:31wants
41:31to
41:31get
41:31away
41:32from
41:32the
41:32scene
41:32of
41:33an
41:33accident
41:33or
41:34a
41:34disaster
41:35and
41:35this
41:36ship
41:36is
41:36huge
41:37people
41:38have
41:38never
41:38seen
41:38anything
41:39this
41:39big
41:40Captain
41:45Smith
41:46is out
41:47there
41:47with his
41:47megaphone
41:48barking
41:48orders
41:49for the
41:51lifeboats
41:51to come
41:52back
41:52and pick
41:53up
41:53other
41:53passengers
41:54it's
42:04almost
42:05instinctive
42:06and
42:06it's
42:06driven
42:06into
42:07you
42:07from
42:07the
42:07day
42:07you
42:08join
42:08the
42:08royal
42:09navy
42:09or
42:09the
42:09merchant
42:10navy
42:10that
42:11you
42:11obey
42:11your
42:12captain
42:12and
42:12do
42:12as
42:12he
42:12says
42:13he
42:13is
42:13god
42:14in
42:14a
42:14sense
42:14and
42:15therefore
42:15not
42:15to
42:16do
42:16as
42:16you're
42:16told
42:17is
42:18a
42:18heinous
42:18crime
42:19quartermaster
42:24hitchens
42:25who was
42:25in
42:25command
42:26of
42:26one
42:26of
42:27the
42:27lifeboats
42:28said
42:28it's
42:28our
42:28lives
42:29now
42:29not
42:29theirs
42:30I
42:31find
42:31that
42:31quite
42:31extraordinary
42:32the
42:32bottom
42:33line
42:33should
42:33be
42:33I
42:33want
42:34to
42:34save
42:34as
42:34many
42:34as
42:35I
42:35can
42:35it's
42:36our
42:36lives
42:37now
42:37not
42:38theirs
42:38this
42:40is
42:40the
42:40moment
42:40of
42:41mutiny
42:41this
42:42is
42:42when
42:43all
42:43order
42:44has
42:44broken
42:45down
42:45we
42:47are
42:47not
42:47going
42:47to
42:48stand
42:48by
42:48anymore
42:49and
42:49drown
42:49because
42:50you
42:50tell
42:50us
42:50to
42:51fair
42:52enough
42:53we
42:59had
42:59gone
42:59perhaps
43:01half
43:02a mile
43:02when
43:03the
43:03officer
43:03ordered
43:04the
43:04men
43:04to
43:05cease
43:05rowing
43:06no
43:11other
43:11boat
43:11was
43:12in
43:12sight
43:12we
43:13didn't
43:13even
43:14have
43:14a
43:14lantern
43:15to
43:16signal
43:16with
43:16we
43:19lay
43:19there
43:20in
43:21the
43:21silence
43:21and
43:22darkness
43:23of
43:23that
43:24calm
43:25sea
43:25no
43:31sound
43:32reached
43:32us
43:33except
43:35the
43:36music
43:36from
43:37the
43:37band
43:37which
43:38I
43:39was
43:39aware
43:40of
43:40for
43:41the
43:41first
43:41time
43:42those
43:45brave
43:48musicians
43:48they
43:52were
43:52playing
43:52lively
43:54tunes
43:54ragtime
43:56I
44:00will
44:00never
44:01forget
44:01the
44:01terrible
44:02beauty
44:03of
44:03the
44:03titanic
44:04at
44:04that
44:04moment
44:05started
44:17to
44:17count
44:17the
44:17rows
44:18of
44:18lights
44:19one
44:22two
44:25three
44:27four
44:29five
44:31I
44:36stopped
44:36surely
44:39I
44:40had
44:40miscounted
44:41I
44:46went over
44:47them again
44:47more
44:48carefully
44:48and
44:49I
44:50made
44:50no
44:51mistake
44:51there
44:54are only
44:54five
44:55decks
44:55now
44:55as if
44:57all
44:58could
44:58read
44:58my
44:58mind
44:59the
45:00women
45:00in
45:00the
45:00boat
45:01started
45:01to
45:02weep
45:02some
45:04silently
45:04some
45:05unrestrainedly
45:08just
45:15before
45:15launching
45:16the
45:16last
45:16life
45:17boats
45:17I
45:18had
45:18made
45:19my
45:19final
45:19hurried
45:20visit
45:20to
45:20the
45:21emergency
45:21stairway
45:21to
45:22gauge
45:23how
45:23quickly
45:23she
45:23was
45:23going
45:24down
45:24it
45:31it was
45:32then
45:32conclusively
45:33evident
45:33that
45:34not only
45:35was she
45:36going
45:36but
45:36she was
45:38going
45:38very
45:38soon
45:39down
45:41even
45:43in
45:43pants
45:44and
45:44sweater
45:44over
45:44pyjamas
45:45alone
45:45I
45:45was
45:46in
45:46a
45:46bath
45:46of
45:46perspiration
45:47if
45:49if we
45:49were to
45:49avoid
45:49the
45:50disgrace
45:50of
45:51going
45:52down
45:53with
45:53lifeboats
45:53still
45:54hanging
45:54to
45:54the
45:54davits
45:54there
45:55wasn't
45:55one
45:55moment
45:56to
45:56lose
45:56the
46:06forward
46:07well
46:08deck
46:08was
46:08underwater
46:09I
46:12saw
46:12Phillips
46:12still
46:12sending
46:13away
46:13I
46:15suspect
46:15many
46:16people
46:16on the
46:17ship
46:17by now
46:18are in
46:18an
46:18altered
46:18state
46:19which
46:20we
46:20know
46:20is
46:21what
46:21happens
46:21when
46:21people
46:22are
46:22facing
46:22death
46:23Jack
46:24Phillips
46:24won't
46:25leave
46:25his
46:25post
46:26it
46:27is
46:27a
46:28clear
46:28single
46:29focus
46:29on
46:30what
46:30you
46:30believe
46:30to
46:31be
46:31right
46:31and
46:32he
46:32believes
46:32the
46:33right
46:33thing
46:33to
46:33do
46:34is
46:34to
46:34stay
46:34there
46:35until
46:36it's
46:36all
46:36over
46:37again
46:37Phillips
46:38called
46:38CQD
46:38and SOS
46:39for nearly
46:39five minutes
46:40and got
46:40no reply
46:41we now
46:52realised
46:52the
46:52awful
46:53state
46:54of
46:54affairs
46:54the
46:55ship
46:55listing
46:55heavily
46:56to
46:56port
46:56and
46:56forward
46:56I
46:59thought
46:59it
46:59was
46:59about
46:59time
46:59to
47:00look
47:00about
47:00and
47:00see
47:00if
47:00there
47:00was
47:00anything
47:01that
47:01would
47:01float
47:01I
47:03remembered
47:03that
47:04every
47:04member
47:04of the
47:04crew
47:04had a
47:05life belt
47:05and then I
47:08thought how cold
47:08the water was
47:09I remembered
47:10I remembered
47:10I had some boots
47:11and I put
47:12those on
47:12and an extra
47:13jacket
47:13we picked up
47:14the olympic
47:15and told her
47:15we were sinking
47:16by the head
47:16and we were
47:17about all down
47:17Phillips
47:20is leading
47:21from the front
47:22he's a
47:23hero
47:23it's easier
47:25to understand
47:26fear
47:28and self
47:29interest
47:30than it is
47:31to understand
47:32sacrifice
47:34and heroism
47:35especially now
47:37in our world
47:37we think
47:38that everything
47:39is about
47:39greed
47:40and
47:40me first
47:41that generation
47:43did not
47:44as Phillips
47:45was sending
47:46the message
47:46I strapped
47:47the life belt
47:47to his back
47:48I'd already
47:49put on his
47:50overcoat
47:50wondered if I
47:51could get him
47:52into his boots
47:52just at that
47:54moment
47:54the captain
47:55came into
47:56the cabin
47:56and said
47:58men you have
47:59done your
47:59full duty
48:00you can do
48:01no more
48:01abandon your
48:03cabin
48:03now is
48:05every man
48:05for himself
48:06I release you
48:08every man
48:11for himself
48:12now
48:12in the conflicts
48:13I trained for
48:14it's unimaginable
48:15that we would
48:15ever find ourselves
48:16in a circumstance
48:16where it was
48:17every man
48:18for themselves
48:18all of the order
48:19has been lost
48:20and actually
48:21trying to
48:22maintain that
48:23order
48:23whether it's
48:24you know
48:25pointing a gun
48:26at a crowd
48:26or you know
48:28screaming at the
48:29top of your voice
48:29all you're doing
48:30in that circumstance
48:31is wasting energy
48:32the last of the
48:47hard-hulled
48:48lifeboats
48:49have been
48:49dispatched
48:50but there is
48:51still
48:51two
48:52collapsible
48:53lifeboats
48:54left on the
48:54boat deck
48:55they're a little
48:56bit more flimsy
48:57but they still
48:58are a lifeline
48:59there was some
49:02disturbance
49:03loading the last
49:04two forward
49:05boats
49:05a large crowd
49:08of men
49:09were pressing
49:09to get into them
49:10though there were
49:11many crew
49:12and men
49:13lined up with
49:14apparently
49:15not a thought
49:16at attempting
49:16to board
49:17the boats
49:18without
49:18orders
49:19i saw
49:24bruce
49:24ismay
49:25who
49:25had been
49:27assisting
49:27in loading
49:28the last
49:29boat
49:29push his
49:31way into
49:32it
49:32really was
49:40every man
49:40for himself
49:41bruce
49:46ismay
49:46decides
49:47to save
49:47himself
49:48he is about
49:49the only
49:50man on board
49:51who can't
49:52be ordered
49:52out of that
49:53spot
49:53by any
49:54of the
49:54remaining
49:55crew
49:55you were
50:02one of
50:02those
50:02as the
50:03managing
50:03director
50:04responsible
50:05for determining
50:05the number
50:06of lifeboats
50:07yes
50:08in conjunction
50:09with these
50:09shipbuilders
50:10when you
50:12got into
50:12the boat
50:13you thought
50:13that the
50:14titanic
50:14was sinking
50:15i did
50:16did you
50:17know
50:17that there
50:17were some
50:18hundreds
50:18of people
50:18on that
50:19ship
50:19yes
50:20who must
50:21go down
50:22with her
50:22yes
50:24i did
50:25has it
50:30occurred to
50:31you
50:31that you
50:32as the
50:32responsible
50:33managing
50:33director
50:34deciding
50:35the number
50:35of boats
50:36owed
50:37your life
50:37to every
50:38other person
50:39on that
50:39ship
50:39it has
50:40not
50:41i
50:43have
50:43searched
50:43my
50:44mind
50:44with
50:44the
50:44deepest
50:45care
50:45i'm
50:47sure
50:47i did
50:47nothing
50:48that i
50:48shouldn't
50:48have
50:48done
50:49my
50:50conscience
50:51is
50:51clear
50:51i took
50:53a chance
50:54of escape
50:54when it
50:55came to
50:55me
50:55i did
50:56not
50:56seek
50:56it
50:57it is
50:59true
50:59i'm
51:00president
51:00of the
51:00company
51:01but i
51:02didn't
51:02consider
51:02myself
51:03any
51:03different
51:03from the
51:04rest
51:04of the
51:04passengers
51:04i took
51:07no other
51:07man's
51:08place
51:08i took
51:16no man's
51:17place
51:18this is
51:19palpably
51:21untrue
51:21but i think
51:23he must
51:23believe it
51:24i think
51:26that bruce
51:26ismay
51:26comes from
51:27a class
51:28of society
51:29who
51:30believes
51:31that they
51:32have
51:32everything
51:32they have
51:33because
51:33of
51:34grit
51:34and
51:35character
51:36i mean
51:37it's like
51:37being a
51:37billionaire
51:38today
51:38in a
51:39world
51:39of
51:39hungry
51:40people
51:40the
51:41only way
51:41you can
51:42live
51:42with
51:42yourself
51:42is
51:43to
51:43imagine
51:44that
51:44you
51:45deserve
51:45it
51:45in
51:45some
51:46way
51:46and
51:47so
51:48i think
51:49that
51:49bruce
51:50ismay
51:50believes
51:51contrary
51:53to all
51:54rational
51:54fact
51:55that he
51:56hasn't
51:57taken
51:57someone
51:57else's
51:58place
51:58even
51:58though
51:59he
51:59really
51:59must
52:00know
52:00internally
52:00that he
52:01has
52:01there was
52:16a
52:16terrible
52:17crowd
52:17standing
52:18about
52:18the
52:24officer
52:24in
52:25charge
52:25pointed
52:26a
52:26revolver
52:27waved
52:27his
52:28hand
52:28and
52:28said
52:28that
52:28if
52:29any
52:29man
52:29tried
52:30to
52:31get
52:31in
52:31he'd
52:32shoot
52:32him
52:33on the
52:33spot
52:33two
52:37men
52:37tried
52:38to
52:38break
52:38through
52:39and
52:39he
52:39shot
52:39them
52:40both
52:40i saw
52:49him
52:49shoot
52:50them
52:50i saw
52:53them
52:53lying
52:53one
52:56seemed
52:56to be
52:56dead
52:57the
52:58other
52:58was
52:58trying
52:59to
52:59pull
52:59himself
53:00up
53:00at
53:00the
53:00side
53:01of
53:01the
53:01deck
53:01but
53:01he
53:02couldn't
53:03i
53:05tried
53:06to
53:06get
53:06to
53:06boat
53:06myself
53:07but
53:08was
53:09afraid
53:09i
53:09would
53:10be
53:10shot
53:10and
53:12stayed
53:12back
53:13when
53:31we
53:31rode
53:31away
53:31from
53:32the
53:32titanic
53:33my
53:35face
53:35was
53:35towards
53:36the
53:36sinking
53:36steamer
53:37the
53:45things
53:46i
53:46saw
53:46i'll
53:46never
53:49forget
53:49i saw
53:56an
53:56officer
53:56shoot
53:59himself
54:00through
54:02the
54:02temple
54:02with
54:02a
54:03revolver
54:03the
54:13story
54:13of
54:13the
54:13officer
54:14shooting
54:15himself
54:15is
54:16contested
54:17even
54:17the
54:17name
54:17of
54:18the
54:18officer
54:19is
54:20in
54:20dispute
54:20you're
54:21meant
54:21to
54:21help
54:21others
54:22not
54:22shoot
54:22them
54:23and
54:23you're
54:23certainly
54:23not
54:23meant
54:24to
54:24shoot
54:24yourself
54:24when
54:25you
54:26make
54:26a
54:26mistake
54:26i
54:29saw
54:29the
54:30officer
54:30himself
54:31lying
54:32on
54:32the
54:32deck
54:32they
54:34told
54:35me
54:35he
54:35shot
54:35himself
54:36it's
54:38not
54:39a
54:39line
54:39of
54:39inquiry
54:39that
54:40is
54:40pursued
54:40and
54:41i
54:41think
54:41that
54:41is
54:42because
54:42in
54:43edwardian
54:44society
54:44there
54:44is
54:45such
54:45a
54:45taboo
54:46around
54:47death
54:48by
54:48suicide
54:48it
54:50looks
54:50like
54:51the
54:51easy
54:51way
54:51out
54:52though
54:52it
54:52can
54:52hardly
54:53have
54:53been
54:53so
54:54it
54:56suggests
54:57that
54:58the
54:58people
54:58who
54:58did
54:59it
54:59have
54:59failed
55:00that
55:00test
55:01of
55:01being
55:01an
55:01edwardian
55:02man
55:02which
55:03is
55:03to
55:03demonstrate
55:04heroicism
55:05and
55:06courage
55:07and
55:08stoicism
55:08in the
55:10face
55:10of
55:11disaster
55:24death
55:36stares
55:37everyone
55:38in
55:38the
55:38face
55:38some
55:40will
55:40escape
55:40some
55:41won't
55:41jack
55:45phillips
55:45he's
55:46young
55:47but
55:47he's
55:47responsible
55:48he's
55:49self
55:49reliant
55:50he thinks
55:51he's
55:52going
55:52to
55:52die
55:53and
55:54so
55:54he
55:54decides
55:55to
55:55die
55:56doing
55:56his
55:56best
55:57for
55:58everyone
55:58else
55:59phillips
56:03clung
56:03on
56:03for
56:03about
56:04ten
56:04minutes
56:04after
56:05the
56:05captain
56:05had
56:05released
56:05him
56:06i learned
56:14to love
56:14him
56:14that
56:15night
56:15i suddenly
56:18felt
56:19for
56:19him
56:19a
56:21great
56:21reverence
56:22to
56:22see
56:22him
56:23standing
56:24there
56:24sticking
56:24to
56:25his
56:25work
56:25while
56:27everybody
56:27else
56:28was
56:28raging
56:28about
56:28i will
56:36never
56:36forget
56:36the
56:36work
56:38of
56:38phillips
56:38for
56:39those
56:39last
56:39awful
56:40minutes
56:41he
56:47was
56:47a
56:47brave
56:48man
56:48people
56:54find
56:55themselves
56:55facing
56:55this
56:56life
56:56or
56:56death
56:56moment
56:57together
56:57titanic
56:59broken
57:00two
57:00before
57:00my
57:01eyes
57:01striking
57:03water
57:03was
57:04like
57:04a thousand
57:05knives
57:05being
57:06driven
57:06into
57:06one's
57:07body
57:07to die
57:09to die
57:09slowly
57:10within
57:10a shot
57:11of
57:12people
57:12who
57:12might
57:12save
57:13your
57:13life
57:13there's
57:14a particular
57:14cruelty
57:15to that
57:15one
57:29one
57:29one
57:29one
57:30one
57:34one
57:34one
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