The Titanic
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The Titanic Disaster
It takes almost an hour and a half for Titanic's lifeboats to be filled. At 2am, as the last boat is lowered, Captain Smith tells those men still on board that they're released from their duties. Now it's every man for himself - some leap into the water and start swimming. Others will do almost anything to make their way onto one of the boats. One man successfully boards disguised as a woman. Even more controversially, White Star boss Bruce Ismay takes up a seat on one of the lifeboats rather than stoically going down with the ship. By now, the bow of the ship is underwater, and the whole vessel is tilted downwards by about 20 degrees.
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