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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 going to die, best to die gripping something.
02:43It's a split second decision. What would you do? What would I do?
02:47it was a terrible sight
02:55men swimming
02:58and sinking
02:58had been brought up
03:08to believe in
03:09a hell
03:10after death
03:12for now I think
03:19I went through a hell
03:20that night
03:42I nipped along to have a look
04:09down the emergency staircase
04:11to gauge the speed
04:13the water was rising
04:14that cold green water
04:22crawling its ghostly way
04:24the electric lights
04:28shone under the surface
04:29with a weird effect
04:33Sir Lightoller knows now
04:38things are getting more serious
04:39he thought this thing
04:41could not go down
04:42and now he knows
04:43it could sink
04:45this is a terrible shock
04:47for him
04:48Captain Smith is at fault here
04:54he has not informed
04:56his senior officers
04:57of what he has known
04:59for some time
05:00it's very hard to know
05:02why Captain Smith
05:03did not give out
05:03the information
05:04to his most trusted command
05:06maybe it's important
05:08to keep this away
05:09to stop them panicking
05:10and to keep control
05:12there are just 10 standard lifeboats
05:29left on the ship
05:30along with 4 collapsibles
05:32there's 2,000 souls and more
05:35on board
05:36and only around 700 places
05:39there's no rescue ship
05:40coming anytime soon
05:41so if you don't get in
05:43you're going to die
05:44so if you don't get in
05:47you're going to die
05:48Lightoller is going to continue
06:01doing exactly what he's done before
06:03but with even more fervor
06:05and rigidity
06:06enforcing the plan
06:07it's the only thing he can do
06:09Charlotte Collier is just about
06:17holding herself together
06:18in her family unit
06:19her husband Harvey
06:20and her little daughter Marjorie
06:23Mr. Lowe rushed among the passengers
06:30and ordered the women into the boats
06:33many 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
07:05Marjorie!
07:07Marjorie!
07:08she was not even given a chance
07:11to tell her father goodbye
07:13you too
07:17a man
07:18yelled
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
07:33for God's sake
07:35be brave
07:35and go
07:36and saw
07:42my husband's back
07:44as he walked steadily
07:45down the deck
07:46and disappeared among the men
07:48if they'd not wrenched
07:53Marjorie away 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
09:41that 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
10:37Eugene 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
11:29exactly what it is
11:30above deck
11:32the first and second class
11:33passengers
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 lifeboats
11:54are only at half capacity
11:55now
11:57there's fear
11:58everywhere
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 for
12:42800 people
12:43in the lifeboats
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
12:57full
12:58now
12:59as
13:01the boat
13:02was being
13:03lowered
13:03the ship's officer
13:05called
13:05here
13:07Miss Jessop
13:07look after
13:10this 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
13:28their family
13:30or
13:30whoever was caring
13:31for them at that point
13:32it's hard to fathom that
13:34that panic
13:37beginning to spread
13:38it's making their
13:39circumstances worse
13:41it's making everybody's
13:42chance of survival worse
13:44but it's such a natural reaction
13:46I could hear the commotion overhead increasing I decided to go up even though I still felt
14:12very ill
14:15I was fully clothed
14:17and
14:18I had a life belt
14:19my railroad ticket
14:21to Tacoma
14:23and a small amount of money
14:24were
14:24sewed
14:25in a little bag
14:26and hung around my neck
14:27so that I couldn't lose it
14:29I went down into the room
14:34where Maggie Daly
14:35and Bertha Mulville Hill were
14:36the men and women in third class
14:40are separated
14:41so for Eugene to find
14:43Maggie and Bertha
14:44he has to cross
14:45from one end of the ship
14:46to another
14:47no one is guiding them
14:48no one is saying
14:49this is the best way
14:50to get around
14:50the flooding
14:51they have to work it out
14:53themselves
14:53come with me
15:01the ship is sinking
15:02there's hundreds of third class passengers
15:08trying to navigate the warren
15:10of corridors
15:11hallways
15:12staircases
15:12and they're trying to get to a part of the ship
15:15the boat deck
15:16that they've never been allowed onto before
15:18it's difficult to
15:21convey the size of a ship
15:23like the Titanic
15:24it took me 14 days
15:26before I could find my way
15:28from one part of that ship
15:30to another
15:30by the shortest route
15:31Eugene
15:33Maggie
15:34and Bertha
15:35must navigate up several decks
15:37to the boat deck
15:38it's now a very challenging situation
15:41and the feeling of a loss of control
15:43on the part of the crew
15:44is getting stronger and stronger
15:46it was about this time
15:48that the chief officer
15:49came over from the starboard side
15:51and asked
15:52did I know where the firearms were
15:54I told the chief officer
15:55yes
15:56come along
15:57and I'll get them for you
15:58come along
15:59and I'll get them for you
16:00drawing weapons
16:03is very unusual
16:04the officers
16:08clearly were aware
16:09of how
16:10panic was setting in
16:11and order and discipline
16:13amongst people
16:14were falling apart
16:15there are guns
16:18on board the Titanic
16:19like the lifeboats
16:21nobody expected
16:22to ever
16:23have to use them
16:24into the first officer's cabin
16:31we 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 revolvers
16:54into my hands
16:55with a handful of ammunition
16:56it 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 society
17:09at 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 fear
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 aft well 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
18:02a lot of
18:04confusion
18:05with people
18:06running around
18:07crying
18:08swearing
18:10and
18:10praying
18:12since I couldn't speak
18:14English
18:14I hardly knew
18:15what was happening
18:16I had to push
18:20people apart
18:21to find a place
18:23to walk
18:24she doesn't speak English
18:30there's no one
18:31experienced
18:32to advise her
18:33so she's working
18:34this all out
18:34with so much
18:36against her
18:36there's a sea of
18:38passengers
18:39already gathered there
18:40so Eugene
18:41and Anna
18:42are joining
18:42this throng of people
18:43I went up
18:45on deck
18:46people were
18:48running around
18:49the Titanic
18:51being an
18:52immigrant ship
18:53must conform
18:54to American
18:55and British
18:56immigration laws
18:57and one of those
18:58laws is around
18:59quarantine
18:59maintaining
19:00steerage class
19:02passengers
19:03in areas
19:04separate
19:04from the
19:05first and
19:06second class
19:06passengers
19:06to stop
19:08the spread of
19:08disease
19:09before the
19:10third class
19:10passengers
19:11have even
19:11boarded Titanic
19:12they've had
19:13to be subjected
19:14to medical
19:14examinations
19:15they're hemmed
19:16in by
19:17locked gates
19:18and these same
19:20gates that were
19:20meant to prevent
19:21ill health
19:21are now blocking
19:22their access
19:23to the lifeboats
19:24Eugene's cousin
19:25Maggie tries
19:26to go back
19:27to her cabin
19:27but that corridor
19:29is under five
19:30foot of water
19:30there's no chance
19:33she can make it
19:33and she turns back
19:34all this time
19:36we knew that
19:37the water
19:38was coming up
19:38and up rapidly
19:40to know that
19:43safety is on
19:44the other side
19:45of that locked
19:45gate
19:46it must make
19:47them despair
19:47the boat
20:04was practically
20:06full
20:06and there
20:07were no other
20:09women
20:09anywhere near it
20:10when
20:11fifth officer
20:13low
20:13jumped in
20:14and ordered
20:15it lowered
20:16a young
20:20lad
20:21hardly more
20:22than a school
20:22boy
20:23was standing
20:24close to the
20:25rail
20:25now
20:27realizing he was
20:29to be left
20:29behind
20:30he leapt
20:31down
20:31into the boat
20:32and crawled
20:34under a seat
20:35but the officer
20:39dragged him
20:40to his feet
20:41and ordered him
20:42back onto
20:42the ship
20:43we begged
20:48for his life
20:48please give him
20:49a chance
20:50the officer
20:54drew his
20:55revolver
20:56and thrust
20:57it
20:57into his face
20:59I give you
21:03ten seconds
21:03to get
21:05back
21:05onto that
21:06ship
21:07before I
21:07blow your
21:08brains out
21:09please
21:11please
21:12the lad
21:13only begged
21:14harder
21:14please
21:16please
21:16please don't
21:17my mother
21:18said
21:18I called out
21:19don't shoot
21:21the officer
21:28suddenly changed
21:30his tone
21:31he lowered
21:33his revolver
21:34and
21:36looked the
21:37boy
21:37squarely
21:38in the
21:38eyes
21:39for god's
21:43sake
21:43be a
21:43man
21:44we have
21:45got women
21:45and children
21:46for god's sake
21:47we have
21:48women
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
22:00to avoid
22:09another
22:09occurrence
22:10of that sort
22:10I fired
22:11my revolver
22:12as I was
22:13going down
22:14each deck
22:14because
22:16the boat
22:16wouldn't stand
22:17a sudden
22:17jerk
22:18she was loaded
22:19already
22:19with people
22:20and would
22:21not stand
22:21anymore
22:21actually
22:27drawing the
22:27gun shows
22:28that the
22:28ship's
22:29officers
22:29realized
22:30that
22:31things were
22:32very very
22:32desperate
22:33indeed
22:33and of course
22:34we did not
22:35have enough
22:35lifeboats
22:36for everybody
22:37on board
22:37there are
22:38ten lifeboats
22:39left
22:40on deck
22:41now
22:41and
22:42one thousand
22:42nine hundred
22:43and sixty
22:44people
22:44still to save
22:45titanic
22:46now
22:46was so low
22:47in the water
22:48that iconic
22:49areas like
22:50the grand
22:51staircase
22:51and some
22:52of the
22:52luxury
22:52staterooms
22:53were flooding
22:54there's no doubt
22:56at all
22:56that this was
22:57unstoppable
22:58it was merely
22:59a question
22:59of time
23:00phillips told me
23:14the wireless
23:14was growing
23:15weaker
23:15jack phillips
23:21has spent
23:22the last few
23:22hours trying
23:23to communicate
23:24with other
23:24wireless operators
23:26carpathia is
23:28sailing at
23:29full speed
23:30towards
23:30titanic
23:31but she's
23:32still two
23:32hours away
23:33on the
23:35nearest ship
23:35the californian
23:37nobody
23:37recognized
23:38or responded
23:39to the
23:40distress
23:40flares
23:41but phillips
23:42still believes
23:43that as long
23:44as he can
23:44get signals
23:45out
23:45he may be
23:46of some
23:47use
23:48but now
23:50the electricity
23:51is starting
23:52to fail
23:52then
23:55he does
23:56get a message
23:56from his
23:56sister ship
23:57olympic
23:58but she
24:06seems not
24:06to understand
24:07at all
24:08what is
24:09happening
24:09to titanic
24:10and thinks
24:10titanic
24:11must be
24:11limping along
24:13sailing towards
24:13them
24:14the frustration
24:16here is
24:17now clear
24:18because the
24:18messages are
24:19not getting
24:19through
24:20for this
24:21young man
24:22in his
24:23mid-twenties
24:23i think
24:24this is the
24:25place of
24:25utmost distress
24:26right now
24:29it's clear
24:29on board
24:30ship
24:30that no
24:31rescue vessel
24:32is going
24:32to reach
24:33titanic
24:34before she
24:35sinks
24:35the third
24:44class
24:45passengers
24:45are at
24:45most risk
24:46at this
24:46moment
24:47there's
24:48the language
24:48difficulties
24:49there's
24:50probably a
24:50bit of
24:50aggression
24:51i think
24:51that's
24:51setting in
24:52annoyance
24:53frustration
24:54we had
24:57quite a
24:58number of
24:59hot-headed
25:00italians
25:01and other
25:02people who
25:02got crazy
25:03and made
25:04for the
25:04stairs
25:04these men
25:06tried to
25:07rush the
25:07stairway
25:08pushing
25:09and crowding
25:10and pulling
25:10the women
25:11down
25:11at this
25:14moment
25:14we would
25:15expect
25:16the adrenaline
25:16to kick
25:18in
25:18the body
25:19the body
25:19wants to
25:20survive
25:20and it
25:21gives us
25:21some sort
25:21of innate
25:22choices
25:22you might
25:23fight your
25:24way to the
25:24front
25:24physically
25:25people might
25:26freeze
25:26where they're
25:27just stuck
25:28they're in terror
25:28they don't know
25:29what to do
25:29we also see
25:30people who are
25:32turning inward
25:33and that would be
25:34turning to god
25:34as well
25:35making the sign of
25:35the cross
25:36and so on
25:36the first class deck
25:39was higher up
25:40than the steerage deck
25:41and there were some steps
25:42leading up to it
25:43and a gate at 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 of the ship
25:50they're trying to
25:53keep order
25:54but
25:55by doing so
25:56in such a chaotic way
25:57they probably contribute
25:59to a greater loss of life
26:00than
26:01they realised
26:02I can't say who they were
26:07I think they were sailors
26:08they didn't want us
26:12going up to the first class
26:13place at all
26:14even though there's no direct policy
26:19preventing third class passengers
26:21from accessing lifeboats
26:22it's clear from their testimony
26:24after the sinking
26:25that there was not
26:26a level playing field
26:27the third class were left
26:29marginalised
26:30and endangered
26:32by cruise actions
26:33there was no help
26:39of any kind
26:42to reach safety
26:43so time 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 stairway
27:19to where the lifeboats were
27:21Anna's interesting
27:26because she's come from
27:27a 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
29:23all the steerage 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 hundreds
29:51of 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
30:18was confused
30:19I saw a lot
30:21of people
30:22Catholics
30:24make the sign
30:26of the cross
30:27I had to step
30:31on many of these people
30:34to reach 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
30:54in Afghanistan
30:55sounds
30:56stay 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
31:03have 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 go down
31:20with 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 told
31:53to 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 achievement
32:17of his career
32:18the creation of this amazing
32:20opulent ship
32:21and now he can see
32:25that it is all going
32:26to the bottom of the sea
32:29did you think
32:39it was in a very serious 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 two hours
32:53as far as I can judge
32:54at the starboard boats
32:56helping women and children
32:57enter the boats
32:58and blurring them
32:59over the side
33:00I think
33:03the sense of 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 the boat deck
33:12putting people into boats
33:15instructing crew
33:16how to behave
33:17but he knows
33:19that there aren't enough
33:20lifeboats on board
33:21he knows
33:23by this point
33:23that there's no rescue 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
33:51and 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 was hanging
34:21from the Davids
34:22number 13 boat
34:24it was pretty well filled
34:27when I got there
34:28the boat
34:32Swainer knew me
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
34:45he'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 Davids
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 Davids
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
35:33at which you say
35:33that's enough
35:34about three more
35:37people get in
35:38after 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 whites
35:47of people's eyes
35:48and saying
35:49there's no more space
35:50the boat was being
36:06filled with women
36:07Maggie and Bertha
36:15got in
36:15and I got in
36:20the officer called me
36:25to go back
36:25but I got in
36:26life was sweet to me
36:30and I wanted to save myself
36:34it's the early hours
36:36of the morning
36:37the lifeboats are being
36:38filled to the brim now
36:39overfilled
36:40naturally
36:41some male passengers
36:42want to get in
36:43they want to be
36:44with their loved ones
36:44and they just want
36:45to save their 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 historical account
37:13in its Watson
37:14or attitude
37:15what's sad about
37:17this story
37:18is that most
37:19of 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 save myself
37:30at least I 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 that boat
39:01around there
39:01there was suction
39:04I was using
39:10the stroke
39:11horse
39:11standing up
39:12and there was
39:13this lady helping
39:14she was steering
39:16around the ship
39:16stern
39:17when I
39:19passed around
39:20the boat
39:20to get to the
39:22gangway door
39:22on the starboard
39:23side
39:24her propellers
39:26were out of water
39:27but when I did
39:30eventually reach
39:31there
39:32I found
39:35that there was
39:35such 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
40:11Voxel
40:11should have
40:11made sure
40:12that he
40:12filled the
40:13lifeboat up
40:14and take
40:15necessary action
40:15to make sure
40:16he wasn't
40:16swamped
40:17he was in
40:17a position
40:18to do that
40:19and he
40:19didn't
40:20pull
40:21it's a really
40:23tricky one
40:24because
40:25yes
40:25crews should
40:26follow orders
40:27and the
40:27structure of
40:28discipline
40:28is how
40:29you can
40:29try and
40:30create some
40:30form of
40:31order
40:31in moments
40:32of chaos
40:32there is a
40:34good reason
40:34why
40:35you know
40:36in circumstances
40:37we are not
40:38question orders
40:39having said that
40:41it's all well
40:41and good
40:42one of your
40:42superiors
40:43giving you
40:43an order
40:44but they're
40:45not seeing
40:46the circumstances
40:47that you
40:47are witnessing
40:48I pulled
40:53off
40:53and laid
40:54off
40:55until I
40:57pulled away
40:59about a
41:00quarter of a
41:00mile I
41:00suppose
41:01so the
41:26instinct to
41:27row away
41:28is very
41:29normal
41:29very human
41:30everybody
41:31wants to
41:31get away
41:32from the
41:32scene
41:32of an
41:33accident
41:33or a
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
41:54years
41:54it's
42:04almost
42:05instinctive
42:06and it's
42:06driven into
42:07you from
42:07the day you
42:08join the
42:08royal navy or
42:09the merchant
42:10navy that you
42:11obey your
42:12captain and do
42:12as he says
42:13he is god
42:14in a sense
42:14and therefore
42:15not to do
42:16as you're told
42:17is a heinous
42:18crime
42:19quartermaster
42:24hitchens
42:25who was in
42:25command of
42:26one of the
42:27lifeboats
42:28said it's
42:28our lives
42:29now
42:29not theirs
42:30I find that
42:31quite extraordinary
42:32the bottom line
42:33should be
42:33I want to
42:34save as many
42:34as I can
42:35it's our
42:36lives now
42:37not theirs
42:38this is the
42:40moment of
42:41mutiny
42:41this is when
42:43all order
42:44has broken
42:45down
42:45we are not
42:47going to
42:48stand by
42:48anymore
42:49and drown
42:49because you
42:50tell us
42:50to
42:51fair enough
42:53we had
42:59gone
42:59perhaps
43:01half a
43:02mile
43:02when the
43:03officer
43:03ordered the
43:04men to
43:05cease
43:05rowing
43:06no other
43:11boat was
43:12in sight
43:12we didn't
43:13even have
43:14a lantern
43:15to signal
43:16with
43:16we lay
43:19there
43:20in the
43:21silence
43:21and
43:22darkness
43:23of that
43:24calm sea
43:25no
43:31sound
43:32reached us
43:33except the
43:36music
43:36from the
43:37band
43:37which I
43:39was
43:39aware of
43:40for the
43:41first time
43:42those
43:45brave
43:48musicians
43:48they were
43:52playing
43:52lively
43:54tunes
43:54ragtime
43:56I will
44:00never forget
44:01the terrible
44:02beauty of
44:03the Titanic
44:04at that
44:04moment
44:04started to
44:17count the
44:17rows of
44:18lights
44:19one
44:22two
44:25three
44:27four
44:29five
44:31I
44:36stopped
44:36surely I
44:40had
44:40miscounted
44:41I
44:46went over
44:47them again
44:47more
44:48carefully
44:48and
44:49I'd
44:50made
44:50no
44:51mistake
44:51there
44:54are only
44:54five
44:55decks
44:55now
44:55as if
44:57all could
44:58read my
44:58mind
44:59the
45:00women
45:00in the
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'd
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
45:31was
45:32then
45:32conclusively
45:33evident
45:33that
45:34not only
45:35was she
45:36going
45:36but
45:36she
45:38was
45:38going
45:38very
45:38soon
45:39even
45:43in
45:43pants
45:44and
45:44sweater
45:44over
45:44pajamas
45:45alone
45:45I
45:45was
45:46in
45:46a
45:46bath
45:46of
45:46perspiration
45:47if
45:49we
45:49were
45:49to
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
46:08under
46:08water
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 Phillips
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
46:39and SOS
46:39for nearly
46:39five minutes
46:40and got
46:40no reply
46:41we
46:52now
46:52realized
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
47:04the
47:04crew
47:04had
47:05a
47:05life
47:05belt
47:05and
47:07then
47:07I
47:08thought
47:08how
47:08cold
47:08the
47:08water
47:08was
47:09I
47:10remembered
47:10I
47:10had
47:10some
47:11boots
47:11and
47:11I
47:11put
47:12those
47:12on
47:12and
47:13an
47:13extra
47:13jacket
47:13we
47:14picked
47:14up
47:14the
47:15olympic
47:15and
47:15told
47:15that
47:15we
47:15were
47:16sinking
47:16by
47:16the
47:16head
47:16and
47:16we
47:16were
47:17about
47:17all
47:17down
47:17Phillips
47:20is
47:20leading
47:21from
47:21the
47:21front
47:22he's
47:23a
47:23hero
47:23it's
47:24easier
47:25to
47:26understand
47:26fear
47:28and
47:29self
47:29interest
47:30than
47:31it
47:31is
47:31to
47:31understand
47:32sacrifice
47:34and
47:34heroism
47:35especially
47:36now
47:37in
47:37our
47:37world
47:37we
47:38think
47:38that
47:38everything
47:39is
47:39about
47:39greed
47:40and
47:40me
47:41first
47:41that
47:43generation
47:43did
47:44not
47:44as
47:45Phillips
47:45was
47:45sending
47:46the
47:46message
47:46I
47:46strapped
47:47the
47:47life belt
47:47to his
47:48back
47:48I'd already
47:49put on his
47:50overcoat
47:50wondered if I could get him into his boots
47:52just at that moment the captain came into the cabin
47:56and said men you have done your full duty and said men you have done your full duty
48:00you can do no more
48:01abandon your cabin
48:03now is every man for himself
48:06I release you
48:08every man for himself now
48:12in the conflicts
48:13in the conflicts I trained for
48:14in the conflicts I trained for
48:14and it's unimaginable that we would ever find ourselves in a circumstance where it was every man for themselves
48:18all of the order has been lost and actually trying to maintain that order
48:23whether it's you know pointing a gun at a crowd or you know screaming at the top of your voice
48:29all you're doing in that circumstance is wasting energy
48:32the last of the hard hulled lifeboats have been dispatched but there is still
48:52two collapsible lifeboats left on the boat deck
48:55they're a little bit more flimsy but they still are a lifeline
48:59there was some disturbance loading the last two forward boats
49:05a large crowd of men were pressing to get into them
49:10though there were many crew and men lined up with
49:14apparently not a thought
49:16at attempting to board the boats without orders
49:23I saw Bruce Ismay
49:25who had been assisting
49:27in loading the last boat
49:31push his way into it
49:39really was every man for himself
49:45Bruce Ismay decides to save himself
49:49he is about the only man on board who can't be ordered out of that spot by any of the remaining crew
49:57you were one of those as the managing director responsible for determining the number of lifeboats
50:07yes in conjunction with these shipbuilders
50:11when you got into the boat you thought that the titanic was sinking
50:15I did
50:16did you know that there were some hundreds of people on that ship
50:19yes
50:20who must go down with her
50:22yes
50:24I did
50:25there's a load of lifeboats
50:29has it occurred to you that you
50:31as the responsible managing director
50:34deciding the number of boats
50:36owed your life to every other person on that ship
50:39it has not
50:43I have searched my mind with the deepest care
50:46I'm sure I did nothing that I shouldn't have done
50:50my conscience is clear
50:53I took a chance of escape when it came to me
50:56I did not seek it
50:57it is true I'm president of the company
51:01but I didn't consider myself any different from the rest of the passengers
51:06I took no other man's place
51:16I took no man's place
51:19this is palpably untrue
51:22but I think he must believe it
51:24I think that Bruce Ismay comes from a class of society
51:29who believes that they have everything they have because of grit and character
51:36I mean it's like being a billionaire today in a world of hungry people
51:41the only way you can live with yourself is to imagine that you deserve it in some way
51:46and so I think that Bruce Ismay believes
51:53contrary to all rational fact
51:56that he hasn't taken someone else's place
51:58even though he really must know internally that he has
52:05there was a terrible crowd standing about
52:24the officer in charge pointed a revolver waved his hand and said that if any man
52:29tried to get in he'd shoot him on the spot
52:33if anyone tries to enter i will shoot
52:35two men tried to break through and he shot them both
52:40i saw him shoot them
52:52i saw them lying
52:55one seemed to be dead the other was trying to pull himself up at the side of the deck but he couldn't
53:02i tried to get to the boat myself but was afraid i would be shot and stayed back
53:22when we rode away from the titanic my face was towards the sinking steamer
53:45the things i saw i'll never forget
53:52the story of the officer shooting himself is contested even the name of the officer
54:19is in dispute you're meant to help others not shoot them and you're certainly not meant to shoot
54:24yourself when you make a mistake
54:29i saw the officer himself lying on the deck
54:34they told me he shot himself
54:38it's not a line of inquiry that is pursued and i think that is because in edwardian society there is
54:45such a taboo around death by suicide it looks like the easy way out though it can hardly have been so
54:56it suggests that the people who did it have failed that test of being an edwardian man
55:02which is to demonstrate heroism and courage and stoicism in the face of disaster
55:23death stares everyone in the face some will escape some won't
55:41jack philips he's young but he's responsible he's self-reliant he thinks he's going to die
55:53and so he decides to die doing his best for everyone else
56:02philips clung on for about 10 minutes after the captain had released him
56:06i learned to love him that night
56:18i suddenly felt for him
56:19a great reverence to see him standing there sticking to his work well everybody else was raging about
56:35i will never forget the work of philips for those last awful minutes
56:41he was a brave man
56:54people find themselves facing this life or death moment together
56:59titanic broke in two before my eyes striking water was like a thousand knives being driven into one's body
57:07to die slowly within a shot of people who might save your life there's a particular cruelty to that
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