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I think that Ismay's instinct of survival told him to get into the lifeboat, nothing else. Ismay was one of the few people who knew Titanic's lifeboat capacity, and that she would indeed sink. He helped load passengers into the lifeboats, and when nobody else was in the "close proximity" of the lifeboat he was loading, he climbed in. At this point in time I think a slight realization that the ship was definetly going to sink began to overcome the passengers and crew still onboard Titanic, and desperate measures started to be taken. Ismay was probably scared, like anyone else would be if they knew that not everyone was going to survive and that the largest ship on its maiden voyage was definetly going to sink. He probably was in a slight bit of shock too.
Also, at the time he got into the lifeboat, Ismay had no knowledge of any other deaths in the crew, because those events happened a short time later. So that couldn't have been a factor. |
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Posted on: 2006/4/16 17:57
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