Was this man responsible for the sinking of the Titanic? 

It just blows my mind that if the RMS Titanic was traveling 20 feet to the left, none of this would have happened.

Ismay by all accounts was genuinely trying to be helpful on the boat deck, he also never ever mentioned going full speed. And he was devastated after the sinking, he never ever got over the sinking. He was smeared and made to look terrible. The fact he genuinely was concerned about Olympic showing up and causing distress to survivors shows he did care

The public needed a scapegoat after the sinking and Ismay was the sacrificial lamb.

At least one passenger, Edith Russell, attributed her being saved to Ismay. She had been very hesitant to get into a lifeboat. Fairly late in the sinking Ismay noticed her on the boat deck and was alarmed to find her still on board. He directed her attention, and possibly escorted her, to lifeboat 11, which was being filled from the A deck promenade, and finally prevailed on her to get off the ship. After that incident, Russell hadn't a word of criticism against Ismay.

I work in an ER. Our hospital has a CEO. The CEO is a good guy and I think he does a good job as the CEO. But if there were some sort of mass casualty disaster and he showed up in the ER, there wouldn’t be many meaningful things he could do. Perhaps a few ordinary tasks like getting blankets or helping communicate information. I suspect that Ismay was in a similar situation as the boat began to sink from under him. He was used to leading, but not in this way.

This story needed a villain. He was the one they chose.

I don’t think you phrased it right when you said that Lowe was “under” Ismay. From a workplace kind of standpoint …yeah, he was. But on a ship, especially in an emergency, no matter if you are the President, if you are a passenger, you have to do what the crew says, period.

Mr Ismay definitely didn't deserve all that abuse. Shame on those that did it.

To be fair if I was yelled at by Captain Bloody Hornblower I'd make myself scarce too.

I've NEVER believed Ismay was the villain. As another commenter said, Ismay, some years before, had run afoul of William Randolph Hearst; I don't recall the details, but apparently as I seem to remember, Hearst offered to Ismay a business dealing on something, and Ismay rejected it. This left Hearst with a grudge against the White Star Chairman. When TITANIC went down, and Ismay survived, Hearst saw this as the perfect opportunity to get back at his old "enemy". Of course, Hearst owned many "yellow press" newspapers, and he used them to destroy Ismay's reputation. Ismay's entry into the boat I see less as a 'coward trying to escape while others died', and more as a man that, at the moment, was emotionally overcome by what was happening, and did not act as he normally would. Think about his position; here was the largest and most luxurious ship in the world, one which he (and Pirrie) had conceived and brought into form, a triumph of maritime construction peopled with the wealthiest men and women in the world on board, a ship he was assured could not be sunk (by anything save the most extreme and inconceivable situation, anyway), and the unthinkable was happening, and this triumph of a vessel was minutes from going to the bottom with a thousand-plus on board and no way to save them. If you were him, would YOU not be overwhelmed by the situation? I don't think the historical judgement of damnation of the man is in any way fair, and that, while there Is some aspect of blame on him, it is FAR less then the popular narrative deserves. Is Ismay responsible for the sinking of the TITANIC? For the most part, no. He is a FACTOR in it, but he is not the TITANIC's "devil".

That's kind of how they did it in the movie A Night to Remember there was nobody standing around at that moment Ismay saw open seat in the Lifeboat and just stepped in and first Officer Murdoch watch him step in as he lowered the boat and then just continue to lower the boat

Drowning and disappearing forever into the ocean's depths would be to absolutely no one's benefit.

Bruce Ismay definitely did NOT deserve the treatment he got after the sinking. I heard some interviews with his family members of things Ismay said about the sinking after and he felt horrible about it. He was VERY much concerned about the passengers.

Ismay's role has been overplayed by many who need a villain. He would be interested in the performance of the Titanic during the crossing. So he would have had conversations with Captain Smith and Thomas Andrews during the crossing about the Titanic's performance. During the sinking he appears to have helped several and did stay aboard to very near the end. In the movie 'A Night to Remember' he is shown looking around and seeing no one else getting into the lifeboat. About the lifeboats, the Olympic class could carry enough lifeboats and it was expected the Board of Trade would update the regulations. But Olympic and Titanic carried more than the regulations required. The model for lifeboat use was the sinking of the RMS Republic a few years earlier.

In retrospect, the Titanic became the most famous ship of all time only after she sank. Prior to the sinking, Ismay was merely doing his job. Indeed, he had no idea the ship would run into an iceberg and catapult his name into the history books, albeit for the wrong reasons.

What you taught us about the lifeboats being ferries is so fascinating and really clarifies why the authorities took so long to assess any changes even though numbers of passengers were far exceeding lifeboat capacity on a 1:1 ratio. Thank you. Also, I wish they kept that deleted scene in. It’s goes a long way to show Ismay’s mental struggle. Imagine his thought process at the time. Everything from the White Star as a company, the ship itself, the passengers, his own life and family. It’s quite a good performance showing his emotional pain in a very short scene.

Ismay didn't deserve that hate. It literally destroyed his career and life. If it wasn't enough being branded as a dishonorable coward, he was in mourning. He had lost some of his best friends in the disaster, Captain Smith, Thomas Andrews, the list goes on. I would just want to hug him if I were there.

Finally someone who gave Ismay some justice against the defamation he had.

I go on a big Titanic binge every 5-10 years, soaking up all of the information I can find until I've had enough. There seems to be so much information that is either new, or that I missed in previous binges. Love the videos!

I love how Titanic is known because of how many unnecessary deaths there were thanks to some lifeboats not being filled completely and Lightoller not allowing men onto the boats. We can all agree that is bad, yeah? So if that's the case there is no reason to be mad at Ismay. If you are mad at Ismay, you are mad at him for not becoming another unnecessary death that Titanic was so infamous for. He helped load boats, when there was no one left to get on the boat he saw a free seat and asked if he could take it. Literally no good reason to be mad at him.

Fantastic, I have never seen that deleted scene before what they should of kept in.

I can't believe there was nobody around one of the last lifeboats so Ismay allowed himself to climb on it...

James Cameron took the cowards way of presenting Ismay’s character. The lower away scene should have been left. There also was another ridiculous deleted scene with Ismay arriving on board the Carpathia and everyone looking at him with disgust. As if everyone knew who he was..

I always felt sorry for Ismay, who knows what they would do in that kind of emergency situation.

Wow Sam, I've been studying 'TITANIC', for the most part of my life (since I was a little kid, I'm almost 60 now), I also have a lot of knowledge on this subject, but here I am, 'learning' even more, from you!!!! BRAVO!!!

White star line needed someone who was there that was also a senior person in the company to defend what happened. I dont care what the situation is, everyone is allowed a defense and he is the perfect person for it since he knew a lot about what happened, why what happened happened, and why the ship was in that specific situation. He just wasn't prepared for that scenario and made some mistakes that anyone would make.

In context, just the fact that the company's owner survived the disaster when so many did not was enough to vilify the man, regardless of who he really was or, what he did or did not do. You give a explanation based on available facts and "common sense" , and you do it very well. Thank you for another great and passionate video!

With my sense of humor, I naturally dubbed him "J. Bruce Dismay" after learning his name and role in the disaster. He seems to have gotten a disproportionate amount of the blame for the sinking by vast numbers of traumatized survivors and bereaved next-of-kin to those who died in the disaster. This was entirely understandable, as people in that situation need a scapegoat to blame for the horror. I think Ismay was conscientious and well-intentioned. At worst, he was guilty of initial overconfidence, and of a very understandable, if not excusable, urge to survive when he was in position to board a lifeboat at the time he did. He may well have regretted not going down with the ship in hindsight, after ultimately becoming the pariah he did.

Can you please make a video talking about what would have happened to the Californian if it had came to titanic reacue? I love learning from you and I want to learn more about titanic and its sinking

A few days ago I was in the mood to watch Titanic, so I rented it on RU-vid. Then I became re-fascinated by its history and found your channel. You do such a great job explaining facts and providing your input.

Hi Sam. If you listen to or read an interview with first class survivor Edith Russell, a fashion magazine writer from the US, she actually does mention that Ismay helped not only her, but also other women get into lifeboats and was quite forcible about it. If you are unfamiliar with her story, you should look her up. She was a very interesting lady with a lot of interesting things to say about the incident.

Concerning the altercation between 5th Officer Lowe and Ismay, when Lowe was pressed on the matter by senator Smith during the American Inquiry, Ismay, who was present in the room, gave Lowe the permission to repeat the exact phrases that he said that night. It was "If you will get to hell out of that I shall be able to do something. Do you want me to lower away quickly? You will have me drown the whole lot of them". And Ismay said nothing and walked away. This is corroborated by Ismay's own testimony.

Ismay did truly try to help the passengers on the Titanic. He only got on the lifeboat after helping to evacuate as many people as he could. Most lifeboats weren't even filled up to full capacity anyway so Ismay getting into the boat when nobody else was around nearby was a logical move at the time

It's a classic case of an early 1900s, high-level businessman being far too wrapped up in his own self-importance. He probably figured that as president of the company, he was expected to do 'something'.

Ismay also forced a maid (her words not his) to get on a lifeboat and she protested that she was just a maid (implying there were more important people to save) And he was like "..... So ? You're a woman, get in. " and convinced her to get on board.

Your videos can never be too long...... Thanks for posting....

As always, love your content, still patiently waiting for a video on Sultana!!

Awesome video as alway! I’m so excited for part two!

Concerning the conversation that the passenger overheard between Ismay and Smith...context is everything. Had the Titanic made it safely to NY, that woman would have only remembered overhearing snippets of a casual conversation. However, in light of the disaster that ensued, she attached much more importance to what she heard.

40k subs! Congrats Sam!

Congrats on the 40k subs Sam😁👍

Just found your channel, I really love how educational your videos are and how accurate they appear to be. We see a lot of videos nowadays talk about things they don't know anything about, or didn't bother to do the research for, but yours are different and I appreciate that. Love your videos!

Absolutely fantastic job on this video. There was so much information that I did not know, so I definitely learned something today. Thank you for that. Also, I'm super excited to finally be a Patreon supporter of your channel :)

I wish my history classes in school were like this channel.

Great content my dude

Very simple: no! The accident was caused by the ship travelling at excessive speed through an area of pack ice and bergs with very poor visibility.

In that kind of situation you would freak out! It would be difficult not to. I don't blame Ismay for saving himself, it would have came to every man for himself come the end. The whole Titanic story is such a sad one, however if the Titanic never sank, we wouldn't have the safety regulations that we have today so unfortunately in life we learn from our mistakes. Bruce Ismay didn't deserve the reaction he got but I believe people expected him to go down with the ship as so many other people did yet he survived. It's a shame really 😕. Another great video Sam.

Since the most senior officer was dead the next best thing was the chief of the company. Unfortunately the ravenous media was just as worried about viewership as they are today; so Ismay becomes the villain. As always, the truth lies likely in the middle. Also, the chief of the company would and should have been a key player to be in the loop for operations on a maiden voyage as well as in the sinking of the ship-however purely as a stakeholder. A tragedy is a chain of events or errors that lead to the tragedy-if one error is corrected in that chain the tragedy is averted. Unfortunately Ismay should bear his part in those chain of events.

Your videos are always so good I learn a lot of things

Officer Lowe was 100% correct. Ismay backed-down because he KNEW VERY WELL that Lowe was correct. (Their relative positions "within the company" has nothing to do with which one has authority at sea. Irrelevant.) This is a dire emergency. Lowe has TRAINING about emergencies. Ismay has none. (No official training that pertains to the hierarchy of command on this ship.) Lowe has maritime authority. Ismay has none. Ismay could have launched that lifeboat incorrectly, maybe capsized it. He could have capsized other lifeboats. He could have rendered that lifeboat unusable for some other reason, tangled the lines or something. He could have cost even MORE lives. ALWAYS DEFER TO THE EXPERTISE OF THE CREW. ALWAYS. They have training. They know proper procedures. It isn't "a testament to Ismay's character" that Ismay didn't stand there and ARGUE with the crew. He KNEW he was ENTIRELY in the wrong. There is even a chargeable offense that can earn a passenger huge fines, or even jail time. It is called "Interfering With Crew." (GO TO JAIL.) Lowe is an officer. Ismay is a passenger. That's it! That's everything! (Now, if some crew member were to speak to Ismay in some absurdly disrespectful way, like, for no good reason, under non-life-threatening circumstances, such as at dinner, for example, he may have some "explaining to do" once they dock in New York. Ismay is his boss. That sort of disrespect might show "poor judgment" on the part of the crew member. He might have to explain his actions.) An officer has maritime authority over a passenger. Any passenger. (I don't care if that passenger is the Queen of England.) Officer Lowe has a life-threatening emergency on his hands. Vessel going down. He is doing his job. Ismay is a passenger with ZERO training. Ismay is interfering with the proper launching of a lifeboat. There is no "insubordination" here. Ismay's authority ends at the water's edge. While we are at sea, the crew is assumed to speak "on behalf of the authority of the captain," and the captain's authority is ABSOLUTE. (Once a lifeboat pulls away from the ship, one could argue that whomever is the ranking officer in charge of that lifeboat becomes the new absolute authority over that vessel, possibly superseding the authority of the captain of the ship they just departed. When Captain Smith called for lifeboats to "RETURN TO THE SHIP," it was within the rights of each lifeboat to decide whether or not to follow those orders. Most likely, crew would still always try to defer to the captain, if possible, but, if they judge those orders to be a threat to their own "life and limb," a threat to the safety of their own vessel's passengers, it may be those orders are ignored, as was the case. No lifeboats returned.) If Ismay were to end-up in a lifeboat with no members of the crew, in that case, he may be the logical person with the most knowledge of the ship, the best knowledge of procedures, that he could assume command of that vessel. But he has no official rank. He is not crew. He doesn't regain authority over the crew until they get on dry land. Once this sailing is over (however it turns-out), the captain, or some other member of the crew, may have to account for his or her actions. They may have to account for their actions to Ismay, or to an investigator, or to a court-of-law. But, as long as we are still in THIS situation, on a ship, at sea, the crew speaks on behalf of the captain, and ultimately, the captain's word IS THE LAW. Maritime authority exists for a reason. Never argue with the crew. (Especially in an emergency.) Officer Lowe was correct.

I feel really bad for Ismay, I don't understand the point of him being vilified for surviving, what is the point of dying in the freezing waters just for the sake of it? He saw an empty seat in the lifeboat with no more women and children around and took it, any other man in that position would have done the same thing.

Nice video I love it, I've loved titanic since the third grade

I heard recordings of survivors that said Ismay did help with loading some passengers into boats after alerting them to come up on deck . So I think that the way the movie and stories have made him out to be a villain is entirely unfair , he didn't ram the Titanic into the iceberg , nor did he order or threaten Capt Smith into going full speed ahead into a field of ice . Because of all the public scrutiny the man had to live the rest of his life with people blaming him for all the deaths from the Titanic , and even now , over 100 years later they still seem to want to blame him without looking at all of the facts .

The only thing that I didn't like was how he treated the hospitalized survivors. If I'm not correct (please correct me if I get this wrong) he had people go out to the hospitals that the survivors were at and had them sign papers that said that they could not sue and would get $20. I'm glad he at least helped people survive but upset about how he treated them afterwords

How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson is the best book on this topic.

Thank you for sharing another informative video🚢

Sorry I missed the premier I was looking at Edmund Fitzgerald stuff

Here are a couple of interesting ideas for videos in the future; the Russian monitor Rusalka and HMS Victoria (as far as I know the only vertical shipwrecks), The Hans Hedtoft (Danish Titanic; like literally, look it up it IS Titanic) and the Herald of Free Enterprise (ferry disaster that was tragically simple to avoid) I think they would all give a very interesting story to tell.

In my honest opinion, the only thing Ismay was guilty of was surviving. I've read a couple of accounts that said he was in fact ORDERED off of the ship. And that actually makes perfect sense. Everyone was well aware that this wouldn't be overlooked and there would be an inquiry. I believe that it was absolutely necessary for Ismay to be alive so he could explain what happened and attempt to defend White Star.

He was a passenger and if he didn't get on Collapsible Boat C, there would 711 survivors instead of 712. That's it.

1) There is much about the story of the titanic we will never know. 2) Panic causes people to react in ways they would never do otherwise 3) The story after the sinking is just as interesting

I totally agree. I think anyone in a RU-vid comments section saying “well if I was there I would have done x,y, and z” No one here could possibly know what they would have done in a situation like this and to claim otherwise is pointless and actually makes me think you’d probably be one of the people to do the opposite of that lol

Thank you for for clearing up the negative stories around J Bruce Ismay. I've been researching the ship and the sinking and I've never found anything to suggest that he had anything to do with the sinking or that he was trying to force key crew to say that things weren't as bad as they were. And there is some evidence that he did get people to go to the boats. As for getting into Collapsible C , I really don't think he should have been expected to die. He went in practically the last one to leave. Great video. I'm looking forward to see the second half of this. Good job!

Looking forward to part 2!

On the topic of the conversation: if Ismay actually would’ve ordered Captain Smith to disregard safety issues and run at full speed, logically he would give that controversial order somewhere far more private than the Reception Room. He most likely would’ve given that order to Captain Smith privately in the Captain’s cabin, or Ismay’s cabin.

You need to do a video on the book Futility. It predicts Titanics sinking BEFORE Titanic was even thought of. Book was written in 1898

Hey love your videos. I think an interesting idea for a video would be if you stepped into a time machine and ended up on the Titanic how you, as knowledgeable as you are of the events of that night, would use this after hand knowledge to survive the sinking. Me personally, I would have hung around Lightoller and helped him launch the collapsible boats. Maybe try to escape on the overturned one with him when the ship took its final plunge. But I'd be curious to hear your take on this.

I’ve never understood how anyone could lay blame at his feet. He was told to go because he was an important witness and kinda owned the ship. Heck, I’d have tried to get him in a boat too. Witnesses even said he had to be *ordered* into a boat after helping encourage women and children into lifeboats almost the entire time. Was he overzealous? Maybe. But none of them had any idea of nor could they have known just how many factors were playing against them that they needed to be careful of. Take Ismay out of the equation and the ship still would’ve hit the iceberg and sank and it would’ve played out almost the exact same.

Decades ago when reading The Titanic End of a Dream, which covered the entire voyage, sinking and Congressional hearing, I came to the conclusion that Ismay was at a distinct disadvantage compared to most of the passengers. He was one of the few who knew from the very start without a doubt that the ship was going to sink without question. Except until the very end most passengers figured the ship was going to stay afloat and they would be rescued but he knew if he didn't get into a lifeboat that he was going to die. It would take an immense amount of courage to overcome self preservation.

Hey Sam, First congrats on the 40K subscribers! Secondly, to sum things up are you trying to say that Ismay was in dismay over the situation TITANIC was in? Lol! 😂 Sorry I couldn't help myself! 😜 Great job again Sam on the video and definitely looking forward to part 2! 😎👍

He did change the design of the ship that might have made a difference, as for the height of the bulkheads, he had them lowered, and also reduced the amount of lifeboats recommended by the original designer of the ship.

Another video very well done.

What I read about the movie was, Louden-Brown, one of several consultants to the Cameron film, has stated that he thought the antagonistic characterization of Ismay was unfair, and he tried to challenge this, but regardless of Louden-Brown's opinions, it was included in the film. Louden-Brown said, "Apart from being told, under no circumstances are we prepared to adjust the script, one thing they also said is 'this is what the public expect to see'."

In "A Night to Remember" the exchange about lowering the boat is shown to be between Ismay and Lightoller probably because Lightoller is a primary character in the movie.

Thanks for all the videos Titanic has been my favorite movie and ship and subject since I was 7 years old it's the reason I fell in love with history so again thank you so much you are a great person and historian

will you do a video on the ms oceanos by any chance? love your videos keep up the good work

Great history lesson

I really like this young fellow that makes these Titanic videos. He is me when I was just a kid. I was fascinated with the Titanic. Keep up the good work Dude. I really enjoy your videos about the Titanic.

I’m just going to cast my vote for a video on the SS Sultana and one on the SS Arabia

Love your work mate. I’m obsessed with the titanic.

When it comes to Ismay jumping in a lifeboat, I think nobody can really judge anybody who is in a life endangering situation for the way they behave. I mean it's mighty fine for folk to sit in a nice warm comfortable room with no threat or emergency taking place and judge on the actions of someone who is in a dire situation, panicked, fearfull & stressed. Take for instance those who jumped from the twin towers on 9/11 They were in a situation unimaginable, where jumping to their death was preferable than staying in the building. Also it's so easy to say that in any situation, such as a house fire or being attacked by someone, you would act like a cool calm manor, but should the event take place you become overcome with fear and panic and the fight of flight senario. You can't say for sure if you would freeze, and break down or start to panic and sod everyone in "I have to get out of here" mode. People act in strange ways when faced with disaster or life threatening situations & judging folk who were in such situations after the fact, while not yourself in the situation or having experienced the life or death fear isn't wholey fair. Yes, you'd hope yourself that you'd let, women and children go first, but you don't know untill faced with that horrid choice yourself. In todays woke society the "women" of women & children first Would surely be seen as sexist, and making out that women & children are the weaker and more vunerable and therefore to be saved before the strong macho men, dunno!.

I agree with your opinion of Ismay. I believe that he was vilified for simply surviving the sinking and the public needed to have someone who they could place the blame on. I wonder if Smith and Andrews had also survived, then how much of the public anger would have been directed at them?

One sad detail that isn’t really taken into account is that according to witnesses, on the Carpathia, Ismay was despondent and he didn’t come out of his cabin for almost the entire trip to New York. Survivor Jack Thayer actually checked up on him, as he wouldn’t eat much. Eventually during one of these visits, Ismay broke down in tears over his lost friends who had died on Titanic, quietly weeping, “It should’ve been me. I should’ve gone down with the ship.” Thayer and the others tried to convince him that he was not a coward, but when Yellow Journalism said he was one, his life was over. He quietly ran White Star for only a few more years, but he never showed his face in public. For years afterwards, Ismay and his family didn’t want any mention of Titanic said in their household. Just hearing the name of the ship was enough to traumatize him. The last time Ismay ever told his story about the Titanic to his family was when he was telling his grandchildren about his life out at sea, just a couple of years before he died. One of the youngest of his grandkids asked curiously, “Grandpa, were you ever a part of a shipwreck?” Ismay’s face fell to a heartbroken frown and without mentioning the name of the Titanic, he said, “Yes. I was on a ship that everyone thought was unsinkable.” 😢

Loved angry Sam right around the 12:10 mark lol

Every man can make a good impression but not every impression can make a man look good

Well done - I think that's a very fair assessment of Mr. Ismay. I don't believe that he was the moustache-twirling villain that history has made him out to be. Every disaster requires a scapegoat, and he was unfortunately the prime contender by virtue of his position rather than by his actions.

You should do a review of the parody "Thumbtanic"....the "Ismay" character totally makes sense now 😂

My take on Ismay is that, to some extent, he was his own worst enemy. He comes across as being aloof, arrogant and unfeeling. For example, the surviving crew members reportedly had their wages stopped at 2:20 a.m. Ismay could easil;y have couuntermanded this policy, and ordered the White Star Line to pay these men their full wages, plus compensation, plus benefits to the widows of the dead crewmen. He evidently did not do so.

12:49 : I love how Lowe talked to his very own boss. ^^

Thank you very much, another very interest documentary.

Yeah I don’t blame Ismay, I’d have jumped ship too, I’d want to live!

I love this channel

Ismay testified to the senate. It can be found online. I wonder what we can learn from his own words!

From my research i heard that Ismay did help with rigging a lifeboat for a little but you never know :/.

You've done so many videos that you should throw a link in the description when you mention one so the viewer can keep watching after that particular video is over (ex: the lifeboat video you mentioned).

Why couldn't they do these tests and see how fast she could go when the ship sailed from Ireland to America?

I think it's absurd to even consider Ismay as a "Villain" from my point of view the Iceberg was the Villain. Jokes aside, i present the rabbit hole.. Maybe Ismay carried these burdens so the dead could have dignity. Hindsight leads people to be absolute and cast broad strokes over the story and honestly thats a bad call because We will never know every nitty gritty detail and that lack of knowledge makes any judgement skewed. Ismay probably did know every detail and maybe.. Just maybe Ismay took the burden of being the "Villain" to protect others, so the dead could rest with dignity. If you faced an inquisition over an "accidental" tragedy, would you reveal knowledge that allowed a gutter media to incriminate and chastise a dear friend who perished while trying to do their best?, would you throw the dead under the bus to save your own skin?. Or would you let the dead keep their dignity while you carried their burden We will never know every detail so we should judge unbiasedly. Screw the gutter media, they're still lying today. BBC currently under srutiny over the 1996 Princess Diana interview, R.I.P bless her.

What if the titanic made it as far as possible after they hit the Berg

I'm a brand new subscriber and after watching just a couple Titanic videos, I'm hooked! I'm a huge Titanic nut. Even have a piece of coal from the ship.

All those bad (I'd say evil) things that we know from numerous "documentaries" about Titanic started to dissolve with appearance of Sam's videos. And I'm really grateful for it. As the tragedy happens, the press tries to find and punish the guilty ones, and the journalists are 100% sure that there were culprits in this tragedy. How could it not, right? Wrong. They started talking dirty about Ismay, captain Smith and the crew, inventing some fault in their actions, which wasn't even there. Then they spoke about the quality of the steel and rivets, which presumably "doomed" the vessel. God, I can't even explain how glad I am to finally know the truth from real documents, which have never, NEVER been seen by those who did those 90-00s documentaries. Thank you, Sam.