Titanic survivor recalls harrowing moment ship sank | BBC Global 

This gentleman survived not only the sinking of the Titanic, but also 2 world wars !!! Amazing!

“You’d think I’m too old for nightmares, but you’d be amazed” Truer words have never been spoken. Mad respect

For all the criticism RU-vid gets, you have to admit, its how we use it. This somehow ended up in my feed and I am incredibly grateful for that. It's very moving and touching.

The most candid interview of a Titanic survivor I have ever listened to,God bless this gentlemen.

This stoic man is holding a lifetime of sadness. God rest his soul.

Interviews like this are why I love RU-vid.

British understatement at its finest. Matter of fact, no drama.

Almost seven decades after the sinking of Titanic, Mr. Prentice described the terrible night as if it happened that morning. His precision and detail enables the viewer to imagine the horrifying and unimaginable visuals and ghastly sound of that giant ship rising out of the water like a monster. Thank you for the account and RIP, Mr. Prentice. Incidentally, the interviewer did a great job by mostly listening and not talking.

He has a melodic way of speaking. Seems like a fine chap.

I saw an interview with a 92 year old man who stormed the beaches at Normandy. He was asked when was the last time he had a nightmare about that day. He said last night.

I feel honored he decided to share this. Vocalizing traumatic events is not easy.

He lived to the age of 93…..survived the Titanic sinking and service in WW1. Incredible! His wife lived to the age of 99. What longevity for this couple that really should have never been since it appears they did not marry until 1919.

He's holding back tears telling the story. He's looking away, talking slowly, and tears were welling up in his eyes. Then he says he'll probably have a nightmare tonight, that's as bad as it gets.

This is one of the most moving things I have ever heard. Told in the most calm and dignified way. A true gentleman. "I saved her life and she saved mine". 😢

What an amazing character, he has such empathy for the event and shares it like a real gentleman.

I’ve seen comments like “RU-vid is the closest thing we have to time travelling” and there’s no doubt about that. I’m laying in my bed in 2024, imagining a 1912 era disaster scenario being narrated by someone who has lived through that trauma and that too who’s no more irl but he’s right in front of me from 1979 like he’s talking to me. Thank God for technology, software and internet.

What a lovely old man, absolute gentleman, few and far between these days sadly. RIP sir.

In 1972 I met a woman who was a survivor of the titanic. She had been celebrating her 18th birthday. When the ship began to sink someone picked her up and threw her into a lifeboat. Her main memory was of the awful silence after all the people in the water had ceased their crying and calling for help.

For many "Titanic" is a movie or a TV show, one of many made over the last century. However, for this man it was a reality that would effect him for the rest of his life. He passed away, aged 93, in May 1982, 3 years before Dr Ballard found the wreck.

This man has PTSD, it shows in his voice and body language. One blessed man to survive that incident plus 2 world wars and then some.

he saved one life and then his life was saved

Preserved forever, a true eyewitness account. Incredible.

Can you imagine being 23 years old when this new, spectacular ship you’re on, goes down in pitch darkness? In frigid, freezing temperatures at 2am? We will never grasp the true fear those souls felt.

Mr. Prentice Spoke about Having Nightmares. Poor Soul He is a Hero. Saved a Life and had his Saved too.

The most haunting part of this amazing interview is at the end when Mr. Prentice explains how the nightmares never end.

RIP to this Gentleman what a Amazing Man God bless him in eternity

What a fantastic bloke a lost generation people are not this classy anymore

You can tell by the emotion in his voice how much this still affects him. Terrible tragedy,

What a lovely gentleman! His level headed approach to what was going on after the iceberg was hit is so admirable. God bless his soul. May he rest in peace. May perpetual light shine upon him and everyone who sailed on that ship.

Stiff upper lip, duty bound, never ever worried about his own demise, while witnessing horrors no one should. This man and his ilk are what made Britain what it was throughout the ages. I am proud to be British. As a side note: my gr8 grandad, a sergeant in the British army, also survived WWI...gaud only know how! I hope they both found peace.

I can’t imagine the PTSD these survivors lived with. 😢 RIP for those who perished.

RIP Frank Prentice.

How wonderful to have this resilient gentleman giving a first person account of his harrowing experience on the night Titanic sank. The terror for all on board must have been unimaginable. This was recorded in 1979, 67yrs after she went down. Bless Mr. Frank Prentice for sharing this for the benefit of generations to come. May he RIP

Men like him make me proud of my wonderful country and it’s past 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👌

The definitive gentleman. Well educated and well read. A charming man in the way he communicates his feelings. They don’t make them like this very much anymore.

I’m struck, while listening to this gentleman’s personal accounting of what happened, just how amazing the 1997 movie “Titanic“ was in recreating the disaster. Listening to this man talk brought back scenes from the movie that seemed to match exactly what this man was saying. Imagine actually seeing those scenes from the movie in real life! How horrible, yet so amazing that he lived to tell it.

Finally they posted a proper clip of this interview. Thank you.

His watch is an amazing artefact. Literally stopped at the time and never worked again.

very sad..."i'll have another nightmare...you think I'm too old for that but you'll be amazed"

I had a customer whose father was on board the Carpathia the night she picked up survivors. He was quite young but apparently remembered that day quite vividly !

Old guy had massive PTSD that's why he continued to have nightmares. They didn't have that term back in 1979. What an incredible story. Meeting up again with Mrs. Clark must have meant that God or an angel was watching over them!!!!!

This was wonderful to hear from an an actual survivor of the Titanic. This man recalled everything so vividly about the tragedy and did it so nicely. God bless his soul. Rest in peace Mr Prentice.

Wow. What a man. I take my hat off to him. Frank W. Prentice. He still hurts but manages a smile.

Not only did he survive Titanic he survived the horrors of world war one.

Whats even sadder is gentleman like this have also slipped away never to be seen again

Poor man. It haunts him his whole life, but it would be a night mare for anyone.

The massive trauma that man had that night effective him for the rest of his life.

This man is a national treasure, God bless him.

I'm delighted to say this lovely man died of natural causes at the ripe old age of 93, on 19th May 1982, just three years after giving this interview. And before he left this small planet, he fathered three children who are no doubt immensely proud of him. There was pure luck involved in who lived and died that terrible night - and survivors were of course in the minority. His encounters with Mrs Clark were very moving - he saved her life, then she saved his with acts of human kindness. God bless their beautiful souls, the victims of the Titanic tragedy must never be forgotten.

Told in such a calm, undramatic tone, yet one of the most dramatic stories ever told by any human. Remarkable, and 110 years after it happened, it is STILL absolutely riveting.

I find it amazing that he ran into Mrs Clark a second time I hope they stayed in touch. Good bless them all.

Thank you BBC this is a priceless little interview.

A truly remarkable account of the last moments of the Titanic.

What an amazing interview. He thanked God for saving his life. It was great he helped that young wife too.

He talks about it so calmly but I don't doubt for a minute that he has nightmares about it.

God Bless Mr Prentice . . . And all the souls on the Titanic.

Wow, this gentleman tells a wonderful story of the sinking from his personal experience. Bless him.

Wow.. what an impressive gentleman. I wish young men had the style, grace and courage he demonstrated that night.

I like this old man, they way he talks, his gestures and the remarkable situation recovery his memory is very good.

Amazing testimony.

To put into context for the few who haven't worked out that the Titanic Disaster in the 1997 Film actually happened. This man was at the very same place on the stern that Jack and Rose were as She sank

I can feel the pain and distress that he must have endured throughout his life.

Mt grandmother had a school friend who survived the event (she'd have been about 16). She had also said there was no initial concern or rush to the boats because everyone believed the ship unsinkable.

wow what an amazing fellow ,he saved people and himself , but his recall is so eloquent and heart felt

This was one of the most touching and amazing interviews I've ever seen.

beautiful gentleman, a generation we will never see again tragically. How brave & dignified they were 💔

What a fabulous gentleman, god bless him forever.

Hardly any real genuine people around like this anymore

the watch was definitely the most fascinating part of this interview

It's absolutely incredible that he survived by the help of the woman he had assisted. The post traumatic left him a changed man. I guess he wonders why he was saved when so many were lost. Survivors guilt seems so difficult for him to bear. I'm so glad that he shared his story.

This interview is wow. Can’t even describe the feeling.

Incredible listening to this in 2024. Great story. Horrible tragedy

This was as fascinating as the film. How has this not gone viral?!

Such a harrowing story. To think he has been through two world wars also. God bless you sir

A finer gentlemen you couldn't hope to meet. God bless this mam.

Bless his heart, what a charming man.

I'm 66 years old and as 17 year old I spoke with my Great Uncle quite often. I was always someone with a great interest in history and my uncle had a good memory. My interests were and remain mostly Geopolitics and military history in general, plus old time baseball. That was something we had in common. My uncle was born and raised in Manhattan and I inhereted being a New York/San Franciso Giants (baseball of course) fan from my father and other family members. He remembered hearing about the Titanic but he didn't have any great intimate knowledge about it. Even in the many decades since the story of the great liner, it was always a very popular one because the ship was full of famous and wealthy passengers, many of whom went down with the ship.

Very nice old fella and i feel so sorry for the lost ones and the survivors who lived with the horror and matching dreams.

Hopefully after this man passed his soul finally found peace.

Unimaginable. Thank you for posting.

They don't make 'em like him anymore

That must have been the most horrific sight he's ever seen...😢RIP to those who have fallen.❤️

I just adore him speaking to all of us. How absolutely lovely to have this precious interview footage 🙏

What a wonderfully articulated Gentleman he was. Sounds like he faced fear with courage and dignity, put others first. A hero

Better than any documentary, book, or movie. Wow.

What he saw and experienced that night was absolutely horrific, it’s no wonder he still has nightmares. Nobody could ever be the same after all that fear, panic, and death.. frozen bodies everywhere. God bless them all, including the rescuers.

What an incredible story and brilliant man. It conveys how quick the ship sank. The strength of character of his generation is remarkable. Great to share and keep such an important memory.

Fascinating!! I had heard that the life boats weren't full because some didn't want to leave their loved ones or men didn't want to take seats that women and children could occupy but I hadn't thought about those who were scared of the 70 foot drop and how they still didn't think the ship would sink even in such a state of emergency. Those details make it even more chilling.

He had such a calming and endearing way about him - especially how he spoke. Beautiful human. Respect.

Amazing - best titanic story I've heard - grabs your heart

Such strength in this man even though he had suffered and was suffering still at this time of the interview. Great interview. I hope he found Gods peace.

Sadly, Mr. Clark's (husband of the woman he urged to board a lifeboat) luck ran out. According to the interwebs, he survived the San Francisco earthquake a few years earlier. Mrs. Clark soon remarried, twice, in fact.

What an amazing account from Mr. Prentice. I hope he lived a blessed life. Thanks for sharing.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="231">3:51</a> moment when she broke.. also he saw propellers and everything from the water which means that visibility was good !!

What a fine gentleman! One of the finest interviews that I've heard on RU-vid. I can't imagine going through what these survivors experienced, especially the ones that were in the frigid waters in the darkness. How terrible it had to be!

What a kind and well spoken gent this man is, with still a clear imagination of that fatefull night, to relive that tragic night must have haunted him for the rest of his life, may god grant you peace, god bless you ❤.

So sad yet so hauntingly captivating. If this man is still alive I hope he finds some peace and solitude.

Poor guy. He tried his best.

Having actually lived his nightmares they must have been truly terrifying for him.

Wow I could scarcely imagine surviving such a traumatic event. Seeing the emotion in his glistening eyes really got me.