{"id":5318,"date":"2019-04-14T16:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T23:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2019-04-14T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T23:32:58","slug":"mr-ismay-i-believe-you-have-your-headlines-cartagena-columbia-04-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5318","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMr Ismay..I believe you have your headlines\u201d \u2013 Cartagena, Columbia \u2013 [04\/14\/2019]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Who called for speed and to brea<\/i>k every record
\n<\/i>Who had to keep all the millionaires happy?
\nHow dare you Smith I will not stand here indicted
\nWho ignored warnings of ice bergs when sighted?
\nWHO SIR refused to extend up the bulkheads?
\nYOU SIR to give the first class bigger state rooms!
\n~ Titanic: The Musical
\n<\/i>
\n107 years ago, over 1500 people were simply going about their lives. Dreaming dreams that were likely untroubled. After all, look at where they were! On the most luxurious ship in the world, on the adventure of a life time. They had, by that point, probably already dined, and in the case of many of the 3rd<\/sup> class passengers, most had probably not had such good food at home. They had\u2026nothing to worry about. None of them were aware, none of them had been told.<\/p>\n

The last ice warning reached the Titanic\u2019s radio room at just after 9pm, but it never reached the bridge. One of a chain of mishaps and miscommunications that would ultimately lead to disaster. Where were the binoculars? Was the steel weak? Was there a fire? Was there already structural damage? Was she doomed from the start or was it the Captain\u2019s pride that brought her down? Or was it everyone<\/em>\u2019s<\/em> pride?<\/p>\n

In those last cold, frigid moments; it is said that the best and the worst of humanity shone through. Men gave up their seats to third class women, but vast swathes of steerage were locked below. Couples refused to separate and instead were swallowed together, a stewardess had a baby that was not hers shoved into her arms; while that same baby\u2019s brother was lost. Mr Ismay survived to see his headlines, and that would dog him for the rest of his life \u2013 the coward who should have down with the ship he was proud to own but not willing to die for. And above it all, to the very last, the band played on, and the stokers \u2013 knowing they were doomed, kept the lights burning.<\/p>\n

When Ballard and his team first found her remains in the 1980s, in the middle of the night, they had a moment of tremendous celebration! They had done it! They had found the unfindable! And then\u2026as you can see in the many documentaries that include the footage \u2013 there was a moment of total silence.<\/p>\n

Guys\u2026\u2026Titanic goes down in 5 minutes\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the years Ballard has been portrayed as something of an idealist, but the truth is he has made a pretty penny of the doom of the Ship of Dreams. Perhaps he started out respectful, but he didn\u2019t stay that way. In some ways, I have to wonder at the irony of that, the fact that it was greed and the striving for power that caused the White Star Line to build her in the first place, and it will \u2013 ultimately \u2013 be greed that destroyed what\u2019s left of her now.<\/p>\n

We never learn\u2026not really.<\/p>\n

1500 people, trapped in the cold vastness of the Atlantic. So many of them barely wanting more than a dream of a better life.<\/p>\n

All because we, in our pride, thought she was unsinkable\u2026<\/p>\n

And in the end, the cold won\u2026<\/p>\n

107 years later\u2026I think she \u2013 and her ghosts \u2013 wish only to be left in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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