Jerome Chertkoff

He testified that he stayed in his cabin the whole time. He was the head of the company that built this ship that sank and over a thousand people died. I suspect he felt partially responsible and he didn't want to confront people who might feel that White Star Lines was responsible for this.

He testified that he stayed in his cabin the whole time. He was the head of the company that built this ship that sank and over a thousand people died. I suspect he felt partially responsible and he didn't want to confront people who might feel that White Star Lines was responsible for this.

Communication to other ships is key in successfully evacuating passenger ships. The Titanic had contact with a lot of ships, but not with the closest ship, which is the Californian. And the Californian's wireless operator had gone to sleep before the Titanic hit the iceberg. So the warnings that the Titanic sent out were not received by the Californian.

Communication to other ships is key in successfully evacuating passenger ships. The Titanic had contact with a lot of ships, but not with the closest ship, which is the Californian. And the Californian's wireless operator had gone to sleep before the Titanic hit the iceberg. So the warnings that the Titanic sent out were not received by the Californian.

If the Californian had received them, and if the Californian had risked going through back ice to the Titanic, probably most, if not everybody, would have been saved.

If the Californian had received them, and if the Californian had risked going through back ice to the Titanic, probably most, if not everybody, would have been saved.

People were calm, orderly, installing the lifeboats, at least at the beginning. That's true, actually, in most emergency situations. In buildings and land, when there's a fire, people usually file out in an orderly, even a slow fashion. There may help somebody who needs help being carried. People are generally calm, collected, and helpful.

People were calm, orderly, installing the lifeboats, at least at the beginning. That's true, actually, in most emergency situations. In buildings and land, when there's a fire, people usually file out in an orderly, even a slow fashion. There may help somebody who needs help being carried. People are generally calm, collected, and helpful.

Where it tends to fall apart, if it does, is at the end when it becomes clear that not everybody's going to get out alive.

Where it tends to fall apart, if it does, is at the end when it becomes clear that not everybody's going to get out alive.

the transverse walls didn't go that high in the ship. One went to C deck, the others went to D deck and E deck, which meant that when water flooded into the front compartments, it went over the top.

the transverse walls didn't go that high in the ship. One went to C deck, the others went to D deck and E deck, which meant that when water flooded into the front compartments, it went over the top.

He wasn't taking somebody's place away from them. My own feeling is if I were Ismay and they were about to lower a boat and there was plenty empty room and there was nobody else on the boat deck but me, I'd have probably gotten in, which is what he did.

He wasn't taking somebody's place away from them. My own feeling is if I were Ismay and they were about to lower a boat and there was plenty empty room and there was nobody else on the boat deck but me, I'd have probably gotten in, which is what he did.

Yeah, ruined his life. He lived a semi-isolated life from then on.

Yeah, ruined his life. He lived a semi-isolated life from then on.

The one thing they were afraid of was panic. They were afraid the panicking crew would frighten the women and frighten the children and all the rest. I think what is remarkable is that there were so few people panicking and screaming at the time, and I don't think that would be the same today.

The one thing they were afraid of was panic. They were afraid the panicking crew would frighten the women and frighten the children and all the rest. I think what is remarkable is that there were so few people panicking and screaming at the time, and I don't think that would be the same today.

Let me comment briefly on panic. Panic is a concept that researchers in this field don't agree on. Whether you can control it or not, we have no way of knowing. And whether it's rational or irrational is subjective from a viewer's point of view. And what you may think is irrational might seem to the person the perfectly rational thing to do.

Let me comment briefly on panic. Panic is a concept that researchers in this field don't agree on. Whether you can control it or not, we have no way of knowing. And whether it's rational or irrational is subjective from a viewer's point of view. And what you may think is irrational might seem to the person the perfectly rational thing to do.