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and we're going on these dives.
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There's an element
of risk involved.

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It's a calculated risk.
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But I think the idea
of suddenly being on the deck

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and saying, "I love you,"
you know,

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and trying to bear up.
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"Now, just go in the lifeboats.
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Daddy will be along
in a little while. "

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That's just torturous.
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Trying to make your family
think that it's okay.

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You're just keeping up
a brave face.

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Exactly.
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Also, it's the question
of personal character

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that you keep going back to.
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For me, ever since
I was a teenager,

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the whole idea
is the question of,

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how would I have beared up?
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Would I have had the character
to stand back

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and shown that kind of nobility,
shown that kind of courage?

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And as we romanticize
the image of "Titanic,"

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and it's such a romantic time
and everything,

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you want to put yourself
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with the men
standing there with dignity.

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But you really can't assume
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what your character would be
in that moment

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unless you've been through
that kind of thing.

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Absolutely.
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You see the doors,
the entrance to first class?

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Yeah.
That's the entrance.

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This is where the band played.
This open area right here.

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The orchestra
would have gathered,

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and they started playing
ragtime.

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You think of the band in
terms of how heroic they were.

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They played,
knowing that everyone else

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was getting into a lifeboat
except them.

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But how calming
that band music was

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to the people who were onboard.
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Okay.
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This right over here
should be the Marconi Room.

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Everyone knows
the important role

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that the Marconi Wireless played
that night.

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Senior Marconi Wireless Operator
Jack Phillips

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and Junior Operator
Harold Bride worked in tandem

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until the very end.
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You should try S. O. S.
It's the new signal.


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