Tuesday, March 22, 2011

A Room in the Lifeboats story

Story title: A Room In The Lifeboats

   Catering to the rich and famous, this luxury liner was advertised as unsinkable. On Titanic's fateful night, passengers who somehow still believed the advertisement refused to get in the lifeboats, even though they were told the ship was going down. They held to their belief in the advertisement that the ship was unsinkable and were actually offended by officers who told them to climb into a cramped lifeboat when they had paid enormous sums for luxurious accommodations.

   Other passengers were unable to enter a lifeboat because of the selfish privileged who felt no concern for anyone but themselves. The first class passengers feared that added weight in the lifeboats would jeopardize their chance for survival. As a result, many of the ship's lifeboats, which were made to hold up to 60 people, left the ship with only 15 people aboard.
    Although there were enough lifeboats to save hundreds more, people either refused to use them or they were left stranded on the sinking liner.

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