Today should be the day when I would let my frustration against the local team, since it seems like they are doing nothing right at the moment. But that was before I opened today's newspaper. Today is a historic day in several aspects, but I will only take one thing into account: RMS Titanic.
This is a story that concerns me on different levels, and for different reasons.
I have all my life been fascinated by men who believe in breaking records. And this ship was truly a record; bigger and "better" than any ship built before it. But even the ship that "couldn't sink" had it flaws. Far too few lifeboats was the most dangerous risk they took...as they said: We wouldn't need them. There were only a lifeboat-capacity of 1,178, and on this fatal journey were there 2,223 souls on board.
But the investors and the leaders were wrong and people had to pay a high price for their mistakes.
The ship had its fair share of emigrants, bound for a new life and a new hope in 'Americay'. They came from all over Europe; Sweden, England, Ireland and Finland. These passengers were 'stuffed' in were they belonged: Third class.
And we all know the story; the ship wasn't infallible. In their quest for the fastest crossings of the Atlantic, the captain took a risk not worth taking. they knew they could hit icebergs, but still they went on at full speed. Nothing could help them when the iceberg appeared right before their eyes.
The ship who couldn't sink was in fact SINKING.
1st and 2nd class got help from the crew to find their lifeboats, but 3rd class were left all on their own. they had to find there way through a ship they barely knew. But for some fortunate souls, there were some of the crew with a heart beating for humans, no matter what class they belonged to. I want to mention just one, as an example for us today: William Denton Cox. He escorted two groups of women and children to the lifeboats with the help from steward Albert Victor Pearcey. This brave man went down for a third group and was never seen again. A toast to his memory
I will not summarize the whole story from this fatal journey, but I want to make people aware of how history never let us go, it always wakes the soul from its slumber and makes us feel again. History is a wonderful cave of treasures in our search for knowledge and we must never let it fade away. Make history alive, TODAY.
So one minute silence for those who died in the North-Atlantic this horrid day in 1912
May you all rest in peace
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1 comment:
Great Blog. Great lady. But a small mistake should I spot "... people had to paid..." I guess it must've been "had to pay". Thanks a lot once again for sharing this great blog with us. You're beautiful & unfortunately I am not Scottishman. :)
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