
The Titanic
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The Carpathia: A Hero's Welcome
The Carpathia arrives in New York to a hero's welcome. In the popular press, heroes will be crowned and villains pilloried. Chief among the latter is Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line. His decision to take up a place in one of the lifeboats rather than go down with the ship is one he will never live down. The day after the Carpathia docks in New York, the nearby Astoria Hotel is turned over to an official congressional hearing aiming to get to the bottom of the tragedy.
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