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Jack Dawson
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Hi, I have a question about Mr. Sanderson's questioning in the British Inquiry.
"19679. I understand that to allay public feeling you have placed extra lifeboats on the "Olympic"?
- We have extra lifeboats.
19680. Collapsibles, I believe?
- Yes.
19681. And I understand that you placed about 24. Is that so?
- You first of all put a larger number on board and then took them off, did you not?
- We started to put on board a number that would be equal to the possible total of people that might be on board. We saw that that was so absurd that we took them off.
19682. And, finally, you took 24 extra boats?
- Yes, we put a number of boats equal to the number of souls on board the ship when she sailed on that voyage."
What was meant by the response 'absurd'? Is that just a lead-in to the part about the decks being very congested with extra boats?
"19679. I understand that to allay public feeling you have placed extra lifeboats on the "Olympic"?
- We have extra lifeboats.
19680. Collapsibles, I believe?
- Yes.
19681. And I understand that you placed about 24. Is that so?
- You first of all put a larger number on board and then took them off, did you not?
- We started to put on board a number that would be equal to the possible total of people that might be on board. We saw that that was so absurd that we took them off.
19682. And, finally, you took 24 extra boats?
- Yes, we put a number of boats equal to the number of souls on board the ship when she sailed on that voyage."
What was meant by the response 'absurd'? Is that just a lead-in to the part about the decks being very congested with extra boats?