Iceberg in sight

“The ship could never sink” they said, but on April 15, 1962, they got proven wrong.

It was a bright and shining night. The sea was completely silent and still. It was me and my friend Paul’s turn to watch out for any danger on the look-out post. We knew there were icebergs in the Atlantic Ocean, but everybody had been told that Titanic couldn’t sink, so we weren’t afraid at all- at least not in the beginning.

The light from the ship seemed so reflect on something, it kept on shining, but we hadn’t been given any binocular, and the night was as dark as the depth of the ocean, so we couldn’t see what I was. I had always been told to listen to my gut feeling, this time I didn’t. The iceberg was beautiful, it was my biggest fear, but still it was beautiful. I screamed as high as I could “ICEBERG IN SIGHT”.

Titanic’s side hid the iceberg, and the sound was odious. For one moment I was afraid, but the ship kept on floating. I remember everything when the Ship sank, but nothing right before the tragedy.

I remember Paul saying to me, “Galbert, you need to think straight”. I Remember how everything was chaos, how people ran around the deck screaming for help, but it was too late for any ship to reach us, before the ship was on the bottom of the ocean. Women and children from first class was first priority, and women and children from other classes was next in line.