Journal Entries #2

So far, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord is a very interesting book. It is fascinating to learn about how the sinking of the Titanic actually happened based off of Lord's interviews with the passengers that were on board and survived. Surprisingly, there are actually many similarities between the story and other sources such as the movie by James Cameron that tries to recreate the event. I was surprised, more than anything, to hear about how casually the majority of the passengers and crew took the crash when it first happened. Passengers with rooms higher up in the ship felt nothing but a light vibration, and were told it was simply a problem with one of the propellers, refusing to even leave their rooms or put on a life jacket. The pieces of iceberg on the decks drew many passengers out from the cabins as they played soccer with the fragments and wondering what happened, expecting it to be nothing serious. However, interviews with crewmen who worked in steerage and in the boiler rooms in the bottom of the ship tell stories about unimaginable amounts of freezing seawater rushing into the ship and narrowly escaping under crowded doors and flooded hallways. The book so far is very intriguing, and I look forward to reading and finding out more.