I am 58 years old.
My love of all things Titanic began at about age 7.
This question has perplexed me for over 50 years.
When the boats were gone, the list was great, the head was well down, and it was obvious that the ship would founder, why weren't more men using doors, paneling, deck chairs, rope, life jackets to construct crude but sustainable flotation devices?
By about 1:15 AM it seemed clear that the ship was doomed.
That would have given men about an hour to tie doors and life jackets together and construct crude rafts and odd flotation devices.
It seems like so many more lives could have been saved.
If this question has been asked before; then my apologies.
This thought and question, has troubled me from the time that I watched A Night To Remember, with my father back in 1967.
I'd have been putting something together to save my Butt!!!!!
My love of all things Titanic began at about age 7.
This question has perplexed me for over 50 years.
When the boats were gone, the list was great, the head was well down, and it was obvious that the ship would founder, why weren't more men using doors, paneling, deck chairs, rope, life jackets to construct crude but sustainable flotation devices?
By about 1:15 AM it seemed clear that the ship was doomed.
That would have given men about an hour to tie doors and life jackets together and construct crude rafts and odd flotation devices.
It seems like so many more lives could have been saved.
If this question has been asked before; then my apologies.
This thought and question, has troubled me from the time that I watched A Night To Remember, with my father back in 1967.
I'd have been putting something together to save my Butt!!!!!