Ismay 2026 page 4

Ismay 2026 page 4 by ric gustafson

J Bruce Ismay was sitting among Chinese, Lebanese and Swedish passengers. On Collapsible C, Ismay was the oldest at 49. He was 6-4 and had a waxed moustache. In the raft, he was wearing his pyjamas, a coat and slippers. In the raft, he spoke to no one. It only took 2 hours and forty minutes for the huge liner to sink.

When asked, Ismay stated that he was rowing and did not witness the huge liner sink. Others in the lifeboats witnessed the liner dip underwater with it's lights on. Others watched as the liner's stern rise up into the air. Then the huge liner took it's final plunge. Those in the lifeboats watched as the huge liner disappeared into the cold dark Atlantic. The moonless water was silent again. To the lifeboat passengers, the impression was of awe and sadness.

After the Titanic sank, it left a level sea. But on the surface were deck chairs, lifejackets and the bodies of already dead and dying passengers. 

Then the survivors on the liferafts began to hear the most horrible sounds they had ever heard. It was the wailing and the suffering of over a thousand souls. 

Even though over a thousand passengers were struggling in the freezing cold of the Atlantic, only one lifeboat went back to try and save somebody. This was Lifeboat 14.

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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric