Ghosts of the Abyss
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Bruce Ismay,
for vetoing more lifeboats,

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or Thomas Andrews,
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for not having fought
that decision harder.

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There was
absolute pandemonium,

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just chaos as those
last boats went down.

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Get back, I say!
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Get back!
Link arms! Form a chain!

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Women and children only,
please!

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It was precarious.
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There was one lifeboat where
they weren't letting adults in.

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This forced women to decide
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whether they were gonna be
separated from their children.

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They were trying to take
children only.

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There were so many people
and a few lifeboats.

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Several women said, " I am not
going without my children.

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They're not leaving without me. "
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They overcrowded that lifeboat,
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but the water was so calm,
it made it.

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It had over 70 people,
but the water was calm enough.

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It must have been up
to the gunwales.

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It was that far above the water.
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You could've put your hand over
and trailed it in the water.

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At the very end,
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Murdoch was trying to get
collapsible "A" off the roof

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while the ship
was sinking out from under it.

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Get back!
Get back!

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Step away!
Get back!

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Crank this down there, men!
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They cranked the davits in
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to drag the collapsible
over the side.

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But by then, it was too late.
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The number-one davit remains
in that cranked-in position,

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an unspoken monument
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to Murdoch's dedication
and heroism.

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After the lifeboats had gone,
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we have evidence of some
third-class passengers

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just going back to their cabins.
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They had no hope of surviving,
and they took it gracefully.


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