Jerome Chertkoff

Examples which are sometimes cited as suicide seem to be not suicide. If we look at the 9-11 at the World Trade Center, people jumped to their deaths. Suicide? No, I don't think that was suicide. I think you're faced with either you can get burned alive or you can die by jumping. And so that's your choice. How do you want to die? That's not suicide, the usual sense.

Examples which are sometimes cited as suicide seem to be not suicide. If we look at the 9-11 at the World Trade Center, people jumped to their deaths. Suicide? No, I don't think that was suicide. I think you're faced with either you can get burned alive or you can die by jumping. And so that's your choice. How do you want to die? That's not suicide, the usual sense.

It's choosing which step do you want.

It's choosing which step do you want.

There was no ship that could come and help them in time. If another ship had been within hailing distance, that would have saved a lot of lives.

There was no ship that could come and help them in time. If another ship had been within hailing distance, that would have saved a lot of lives.

There was a lifeboat drill planned on the Titanic, but that was canceled by Smith. So there was absolutely no practice while the ship was traveling on the transatlantic passage.

There was a lifeboat drill planned on the Titanic, but that was canceled by Smith. So there was absolutely no practice while the ship was traveling on the transatlantic passage.

It was assumed by sailors at the time that if you came across an iceberg dead ahead, you would see it in enough time to be able to avoid it. Captains didn't slow down or change their routes. They just told the lookouts to be alert.

It was assumed by sailors at the time that if you came across an iceberg dead ahead, you would see it in enough time to be able to avoid it. Captains didn't slow down or change their routes. They just told the lookouts to be alert.

These people in first class were the super, super wealthy at the time, the Jeff Bezos of the time. Many of them were the kind of wealth that we can't even imagine. Their lifestyles were palatial.

These people in first class were the super, super wealthy at the time, the Jeff Bezos of the time. Many of them were the kind of wealth that we can't even imagine. Their lifestyles were palatial.

The Widener dinner party was attended by the Thayers, the Carters, President Taft's aide, Major Archibald Butt, and Clarence Moore, who was a traveling master of hounds that was well-known at the time. There are no menus that survive, so we don't know what they had to eat that night. But we do know that it was a very beautiful setting, as all of these restaurants were in first class.

The Widener dinner party was attended by the Thayers, the Carters, President Taft's aide, Major Archibald Butt, and Clarence Moore, who was a traveling master of hounds that was well-known at the time. There are no menus that survive, so we don't know what they had to eat that night. But we do know that it was a very beautiful setting, as all of these restaurants were in first class.

One thing of note about Eleanor Widener is that she had three necklaces with her on board the Titanic, which were worth $700,000. This is in 1912.

One thing of note about Eleanor Widener is that she had three necklaces with her on board the Titanic, which were worth $700,000. This is in 1912.

Nearly 100 passengers came to the service and sang. And what was really ironic is the songs that they ended up singing were almost, in hindsight, telling of what they would experience later that night. Probably the most coincidental is For Those in Peril on the Sea.

Nearly 100 passengers came to the service and sang. And what was really ironic is the songs that they ended up singing were almost, in hindsight, telling of what they would experience later that night. Probably the most coincidental is For Those in Peril on the Sea.

Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arm hath bound the restless wave, who bidst in the mighty ocean deep its own appointed limits keep. O hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea. All of these songs, you know, as you look back on that hymn service and the fact that it was within a few hours of what they were going to experience was really remarkable.

Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arm hath bound the restless wave, who bidst in the mighty ocean deep its own appointed limits keep. O hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea. All of these songs, you know, as you look back on that hymn service and the fact that it was within a few hours of what they were going to experience was really remarkable.