Titanic survivor recalls harrowing moment ship sank | BBC Global

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

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  • @NateBlack96
    @NateBlack96 8 месяцев назад +6591

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

    • @Capri42PRG
      @Capri42PRG 8 месяцев назад +110

      It's one of those quotes that's always stayed with me.
      Another is from an old cockney describing his experiences in the blitz. He leaned over the table and said with a stoney look "you can get used to anything", and it's proved itself true to me time and again since

    • @beckyf569
      @beckyf569 8 месяцев назад +39

      I cannot imagine the suffrage from that incident and then the inevitable nightmares that would follow. As you lay your head to rest those events would play out over and over again. Would be incredibly painful.

    • @readmelancholystrumpetmaster
      @readmelancholystrumpetmaster 8 месяцев назад +4

      Your point?

    • @phaedruslykos3249
      @phaedruslykos3249 8 месяцев назад +2

      odly whenever i get cold or my head gets cold i have way worse nightmares

    • @Erutan409
      @Erutan409 8 месяцев назад +41

      ​@@readmelancholystrumpetmaster The point:
      You're obtuse.

  • @flashladderacrobat
    @flashladderacrobat 8 месяцев назад +6624

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

    • @jandasalovich6469
      @jandasalovich6469 8 месяцев назад +136

      Indeed. That is amazing.

    • @nc8507
      @nc8507 8 месяцев назад +195

      ​@JohanWXC how did he survive the jfk assassination or moon landing?

    • @robertcottam8824
      @robertcottam8824 8 месяцев назад +173

      @@JohanWXC
      You are correct in that he didn’t fight in both world wars. However, Frank Prentice DID serve in WW1, winning a Military Cross (MC) for bravery with The Tank Corps in which he was a major.
      He was a very brave but very modest man.
      Best wishes

    • @resnonverba137
      @resnonverba137 8 месяцев назад +34

      @@robertcottam8824 Indeed. Old school.

    • @machiavellian7490
      @machiavellian7490 8 месяцев назад +56

      And he survived Big Brother and Love Island

  • @highlander5170
    @highlander5170 4 месяца назад +1281

    This gentleman was 23 years old at the time of the sinking of the Titanic his name was
    Frank Winnold Prentice Frank Winnold Prentice MC was a British merchant seaman and the assistant storekeeper on the ocean liner RMS Titanic during her maiden voyage. He survived the sinking and at the time of his death was the second-to-last surviving
    crewmember of the disaster. He was I believe 90 at this interview.

    • @MissMellyDi
      @MissMellyDi 4 месяца назад +88

      Thank you for leaving this comment

    • @Kraggypandapops
      @Kraggypandapops 4 месяца назад +75

      He was a lovely old chap going by this interview....

    • @h0welss
      @h0welss 4 месяца назад +129

      He looks very good for 90 here

    • @ElizzzaB
      @ElizzzaB 3 месяца назад +28

      ​@@h0welss Especially for all he's been through.

    • @ElizzzaB
      @ElizzzaB 3 месяца назад +31

      Glad he made it.

  • @kerrymillar1267
    @kerrymillar1267 6 месяцев назад +3103

    A real gentleman. I can’t even imagine what he went though that night. I feel privileged to hear his story.

    • @swashington942
      @swashington942 6 месяцев назад +35

      You don't need to imagine. He just told us.

    • @walkernick86
      @walkernick86 6 месяцев назад +46

      ​@@swashington942Shut up!

    • @harryroberts2630
      @harryroberts2630 6 месяцев назад +11

      He took the spot of a woman or child

    • @sascha12-e3e
      @sascha12-e3e 6 месяцев назад

      so do i

    • @goydivision
      @goydivision 6 месяцев назад

      Titanic was sunk to get rid of key opponents of federal reserve which was signed in a few days later. . Augustis Berg Bitchute does a good history channel.

  • @bisonkambaine5628
    @bisonkambaine5628 8 месяцев назад +4466

    For all the criticism RUclips 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.

    • @SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb
      @SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb 8 месяцев назад +50

      Me too! Great video ❤

    • @doctorbohr1585
      @doctorbohr1585 8 месяцев назад +41

      Very true. There is much great content.

    • @CatherineAKennedy
      @CatherineAKennedy 8 месяцев назад +29

      same here - I'm not sure why it came up for me but I am pleased it did - and so sad from the moment he started talking...

    • @mindeloman
      @mindeloman 8 месяцев назад +23

      Watch very little television program any more and watch informational videos like this.

    • @buckyboy000
      @buckyboy000 8 месяцев назад +6

      Yes, don't use the app because of auto play. Focus and search for what you want and ignore what they throw at you-if possible🤔🥴

  • @MsCrossfire911
    @MsCrossfire911 4 месяца назад +847

    His last word's broke my heart! “You’d think I’m too old for nightmares, but you’d be amazed”

    • @patstokes7040
      @patstokes7040 3 месяца назад +28

      The whole thing comes around again.

    • @aeptacon
      @aeptacon 3 месяца назад +11

      i hope that doesnt mean he frequently has nightmares of that time.

    • @robhood-c2o
      @robhood-c2o 3 месяца назад +10

      @@aeptacon im sure he had.

    • @roxannerodriguez7075
      @roxannerodriguez7075 3 месяца назад +20

      ​​@@aeptaconhe probably does... My dad was on the USS Oriskany during the Vietnam War. His ship had a fire, that's about all I knew. Only because he had nightmares all the way until he passed away. I was caring for him during the last maybe 3 years, taking him to the doctors. That's how I found out about the nightmares he was still having very often, of the fire on the ship. 😢

    • @blazinchalice
      @blazinchalice 2 месяца назад +13

      @@roxannerodriguez7075 My father was a WWII vet. He was a translator, and yet he still had nightmares until his last. He used to move about so much that he'd fall off the bed. As he was of advanced age, he spent his last five years sleeping on the floor so as not to injure himself when he dreamed of the war.

  • @lilytyler80
    @lilytyler80 8 месяцев назад +2243

    Interviews like this are why I love RUclips.

    • @MsBatbird
      @MsBatbird 8 месяцев назад +25

      That's how I feel as well. It's crazy the things I've not only learned more about but things I had never known anything about until I saw it on youtube. It's weird how some things can be so good in many ways yet bad in others. Some of the best inventions ever, the internet, cell phones and video games. Some of the worst inventions ever, the internet, cell phones and video games.

    • @lilytyler80
      @lilytyler80 8 месяцев назад +20

      @MsBatbird I agree. We are privileged to watch this man tell his story about the Titanic from the comfort of our homes. Many people before us never had the opportunity to experience RUclips.

    • @mariomiranda8217
      @mariomiranda8217 8 месяцев назад +8

      Me too! I love to see this kind of thing because I’m so grateful to GOD for the life he has given us! Just like he said “ grateful to God”

    • @davidprins5504
      @davidprins5504 8 месяцев назад +10

      I always love the interviews from the 1930's with old people who tell about growing up in the wild west and about serving in the civil war just mind blowing

    • @davidprins5504
      @davidprins5504 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@mariomiranda8217amen 🙏

  • @mikeweston7947
    @mikeweston7947 8 месяцев назад +2636

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

    • @Mel-en2ep
      @Mel-en2ep 8 месяцев назад +56

      Respect and admiration for him

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 8 месяцев назад +53

      Thank you, men, for allowing us women and children to go first. Not sure why we should go first. It's so generous of you.

    • @Mel-en2ep
      @Mel-en2ep 8 месяцев назад +10

      Kind of you to mention it 🤗

    • @M3Busssin
      @M3Busssin 8 месяцев назад

      @@tracesprite6078I child needs their mother, men are disposable

    • @annnee6818
      @annnee6818 8 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@tracesprite6078 Actually the ratio of men and women that survived sinkings aren't very different. It's more of a chivalrous myth than reality...

  • @wetasaurus
    @wetasaurus 4 месяца назад +178

    The clock resting on the time it froze in the ocean is so haunting.

    • @nancybrown2609
      @nancybrown2609 Месяц назад +12

      I know! May have been when the ship slipped into the water
      What a sight he saw! He could see the propeller and ship bottom. Unbelievable sight to see

    • @Dreadeyeknight
      @Dreadeyeknight 29 дней назад +6

      Right it definitely makes an impression

    • @waspqueen217
      @waspqueen217 21 день назад +5

      Omg I know that’s the part that hit me hardest

  • @chipps1066
    @chipps1066 8 месяцев назад +2288

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

    • @JeninNH
      @JeninNH 8 месяцев назад +21

      Search Edith Russell titanic interview. Her account is very candid also

    • @Gamevet
      @Gamevet 8 месяцев назад +49

      @@JeninNH Very eloquent!
      My brother-in-law was from England. He'd lived in the US for some 40 plus years. I always loved listening to his accent and delivery. He passed away about 12 days ago, after a drawn out battle against Dementia. We miss you John.

    • @chrisholt2474
      @chrisholt2474 8 месяцев назад +13

      @@Gamevetsorry for your very recent loss, Chris, from UK.

    • @mariospensieri941
      @mariospensieri941 8 месяцев назад +5

      God's Mercey To all those People and there Familys
      Forever In time....
      RIP......

    • @mem1701movies
      @mem1701movies 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Gamevethow old was he?

  • @lucabrazi3067
    @lucabrazi3067 8 месяцев назад +1211

    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.

    • @joycegibbs5267
      @joycegibbs5267 7 месяцев назад +42

      💔

    • @cynthiacullen9695
      @cynthiacullen9695 7 месяцев назад +52

      😢I can’t imagine, living your life with those horrible memories . True heroes those men were ❤️💔❤️‍🩹

    • @Mike-01234
      @Mike-01234 7 месяцев назад +41

      War vets my mother had a friend who went to Vietnam normal 19 year old kid when he came back she said he was different. About a year later he committed suicide shot himself. He never spoke to my mother about the war all he said it was terrible situation she never really learned about what happened there.

    • @VMR8648
      @VMR8648 7 месяцев назад +4

      @Mike-01234 - how is it that you could use the "s" word and my comments keep getting taken down when I use the "s" word?? 🤔 I don't get RUclips! 😡

    • @VMR8648
      @VMR8648 7 месяцев назад +24

      @Mike-01234 - I read that a lot of survivors of the Titanic also ended their own lives because they couldn't bear the fact that they survived and others didn't. 🥺 Really sad.

  • @lemuellachica4991
    @lemuellachica4991 3 месяца назад +437

    "I didn't want to die, and I didn't see much chance of living" Send shivers down my spine. God bless you sir.

    • @jeff7764
      @jeff7764 Месяц назад +3

      Cringeworthy comment

    • @fastfootedone
      @fastfootedone 29 дней назад +2

      This man had a pragmatic view of death because he had faith in God and knew death only means he's moving on. It's amazing not to fear death. I wish that for everyone.

    • @pagodebregaeforro2803
      @pagodebregaeforro2803 7 дней назад +1

      ​@@fastfootedoneeven that being the belief of many, it doenst change the ultimate truth: we ALL DONT know if there is an afterlife.
      we all wish there is, some fool themselves into having SURE there is (this is only their fear talking), but NOBODY has certain.
      And this pragmatic tought of mine is the reason I cant believe 100% on this thing, im too thinking for that, I use reason instead of wishful or fantasy thoughts alone.
      Anyway, I wish there is an afterlife, but I aint living as there is, better enjoy life fully than waiting for something that may not exists or at least be not so good as this life is.

  • @PatriotSteve
    @PatriotSteve 8 месяцев назад +1063

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

    • @VaninaVlogs
      @VaninaVlogs 8 месяцев назад +67

      His generation usually did. My grandparents did too.

    • @juandef4115
      @juandef4115 7 месяцев назад +69

      People were much more refined then, despite less technology in their hands

    • @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist
      @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist 7 месяцев назад +16

      @@juandef4115 or maybe because of less technology -without wishing to be too reactionary!

    • @fridaclaxton
      @fridaclaxton 6 месяцев назад

      HE WAS SASSY!!!

    • @8830wjs
      @8830wjs 6 месяцев назад +5

      good storyteller

  • @CaesarDarias
    @CaesarDarias 8 месяцев назад +1430

    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.

    • @McCarthy0000
      @McCarthy0000 8 месяцев назад +5

      Seven decades? More than that!!

    • @mtibrands
      @mtibrands 8 месяцев назад +62

      @@McCarthy0000 This interview was airplayed in 1979... 67 years!!

    • @thierryminet9682
      @thierryminet9682 8 месяцев назад +17

      @@mtibrands 1912 to 1979= 67

    • @mtibrands
      @mtibrands 8 месяцев назад +15

      @@thierryminet9682 Corrected. Thanks!

    • @ROOKTABULA
      @ROOKTABULA 8 месяцев назад +6

      Not completely accurate: He said it listed to Port but it was the Starboard side that the ship listed to, same side as the impact.

  • @Zeus.thunder
    @Zeus.thunder 5 месяцев назад +499

    he is 90 in this interview. He doesnt look a day over 70. Incredible!

    • @EfremHayes
      @EfremHayes 3 месяца назад +18

      They aged so much better back then.

    • @B0R0M1R
      @B0R0M1R 3 месяца назад

      people ate real food back then not so many processed trash packed in plastic and aluminum

    • @ronkei6
      @ronkei6 3 месяца назад +25

      @@EfremHayes Good food, less stress.

    • @wadsworth2351
      @wadsworth2351 3 месяца назад +16

      @@ronkei6 They were a different breed. A breed of gentlemen, toughened through many hardships of life.

    • @briannaheartsdilfs
      @briannaheartsdilfs 3 месяца назад +1

      @@EfremHayes really? i think it's the opposite! to me it seemed people looked older back then (because of smoking and alcohol) and people seem to be looking younger than their age nowadays (for example brad pitt is 60 and does not look like a grandpa!)

  • @EmmaPeacock-cc9fl
    @EmmaPeacock-cc9fl 8 месяцев назад +701

    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". 😢

    • @carolynm9638
      @carolynm9638 6 месяцев назад +43

      The fact that he feels they may have saved each other may have helped save his sanity. My god what a thing to have endured.

    • @quicklykay
      @quicklykay 3 месяца назад +4

      The fickle hand of fate?

    • @Sportliveonline
      @Sportliveonline 3 месяца назад +6

      this guy has love

    • @derekc5700
      @derekc5700 23 дня назад +1

      That last line is the exact point in the video that brought me to tears. They were already working their way up, but that did it.

  • @fables4564
    @fables4564 8 месяцев назад +784

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

    • @hoodplays9380
      @hoodplays9380 8 месяцев назад +5

      It's not hard either

    • @MR.SKANDAL0121
      @MR.SKANDAL0121 8 месяцев назад +2

      I think being involved in a famous story like this & surviving to tell the tale would bring your happiness not trauma

    • @primetime_mitch
      @primetime_mitch 8 месяцев назад +10

      @@hoodplays9380 what was the point in that?

    • @hoodplays9380
      @hoodplays9380 8 месяцев назад

      @@primetime_mitch harsh truth

    • @Pazaluz
      @Pazaluz 7 месяцев назад +12

      @@MR.SKANDAL0121 How is thinking back about nearly freezing to death and seeing (and hearing) hundreds of people die, including children, supposed to bring you happiness

  • @rickispanish6398
    @rickispanish6398 2 месяца назад +72

    His memory is impeccable.

  • @HassaanQ
    @HassaanQ 7 месяцев назад +1076

    I’ve seen comments like “RUclips 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.

    • @VMR8648
      @VMR8648 7 месяцев назад +36

      Books always existed even before technology and RUclips. They take you back in time even more so than technology and RUclips. At least that was my experience growing up and reading some biographies or autobiographies. Books are incredible. It's a shame people don't read much anymore.

    • @fredfredburger5150
      @fredfredburger5150 7 месяцев назад +52

      @@VMR8648 Words spoken will have more resonance than words written. Posting a transcript of the man in the video's words won't have the same impact.

    • @randomworld4662
      @randomworld4662 7 месяцев назад

      your God is dead he didn't make technology and thanks to men

    • @JoanBrown-j3e
      @JoanBrown-j3e 6 месяцев назад

      The internet and social media are now abused to the point of destruction. It has made humans lazy, greedier, selfish and evil. Read ‘Last Days’ by Carleen W. Called a dystopian masterpiece and a call to action it’s available at Amazon and dozens of major sites. First thing to go on Monday October 28th is ALL technology…..the beginning of the end.

    • @JoanBrown-j3e
      @JoanBrown-j3e 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@fredfredburger5150I couldn’t disagree more. The written word is far more powerful and lasting.

  • @paul9745pdb
    @paul9745pdb 6 месяцев назад +273

    It’s amazing to hear from a Titanic survivor 112 years after the incident.

    • @KeepTheCoolHead
      @KeepTheCoolHead 4 месяца назад +7

      Do you not see the 1979 top right

    • @paul9745pdb
      @paul9745pdb 4 месяца назад

      @@KeepTheCoolHead but I’m listening to it 112 years after the incident jerkoff.

    • @quicklykay
      @quicklykay 3 месяца назад +45

      ⁠​⁠@@KeepTheCoolHeadWhat’s 1979 got to do with it, save for the fact the interview was conducted? The poster was pointing out that this gentleman was onboard the ship and 112 years later we’re listening to him tell the tale.

    • @jameshicks12
      @jameshicks12 Месяц назад

      ​@KeepTheCoolHead are you stupid?

    • @axledog7297
      @axledog7297 29 дней назад +3

      @@KeepTheCoolHeadcome on now...

  • @JSp4wN
    @JSp4wN 4 месяца назад +224

    I can't believe this guy was 90 at the time of recording.... He looks and sounds Incredible!!! I wish I could thank him for sharing his story of that fateful day, Rip good sir.

  • @SharonBonnell-cr5qz
    @SharonBonnell-cr5qz 29 дней назад +67

    He had amazing courage to let go of the ship and drop into the dark freezing water. The life he saved ended up saving him.

  • @FavourOhonsi
    @FavourOhonsi Месяц назад +84

    When you say a Legend…this is literally a Legend ❤

  • @MrSychnant
    @MrSychnant 8 месяцев назад +486

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

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 7 месяцев назад

      as opposed to the way a "non gentleman" would share it???

    • @NoNeed2No
      @NoNeed2No 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@martinc.720A non-gentleman would be the type of soyboy "man" we have these days, crying and whining about his "traaahhhhhhmmaaaaaa"

  • @jgibbs651
    @jgibbs651 8 месяцев назад +1112

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

    • @RtB68
      @RtB68 7 месяцев назад +77

      ..."and she moved off and that was that."

    • @naveedrahman6603
      @naveedrahman6603 7 месяцев назад

      There is no such thing as british understatement. You losers need to get over yourself.

    • @Threadbow
      @Threadbow 7 месяцев назад +52

      He was so good the way he convinced the wife to leave her husband.
      Calming her.
      He left it til it was time and jumped, a fine man who has morals and was prepared to lose his life for his lady passengers.
      Such a gentlemen.
      🎩

    • @Lardenoy
      @Lardenoy 6 месяцев назад +13

      Oui, c'est vrai ! Remarquable !

    • @fanatamon
      @fanatamon 5 месяцев назад +5

      What a champion.

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 4 месяца назад +107

    What a storyteller. I could listen to him all day - amazing tragedy to have survived.

  • @GayorgVonTrapp
    @GayorgVonTrapp 8 месяцев назад +358

    Preserved forever, a true eyewitness account. Incredible.

    • @anniebananie8224
      @anniebananie8224 8 месяцев назад +5

      Only as long as the fragile internet exists.

    • @chrisbirch4150
      @chrisbirch4150 8 месяцев назад +3

      Absolute hardcore account as well. On the boat as it lifted and went into the water as well. Basically a real life Rose Dawson 😂 Mad respect to the guy

    • @stevenburns8817
      @stevenburns8817 28 дней назад

      This was a filmed interview, a digital transfer for RUclips was made but BBC still has the film in its archives. More stable than videotape or digital storage.

  • @alexk73
    @alexk73 8 месяцев назад +516

    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.

    • @Bonzi_Buddy
      @Bonzi_Buddy 8 месяцев назад +18

      If they had a large family, odds are their children may still be alive. Grandchildren almost certainly so.

    • @desertweasel6965
      @desertweasel6965 7 месяцев назад +8

      Yeah, but I don't ever want to die. 100 is nowhere near enough.

    • @mickeymouze5
      @mickeymouze5 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@desertweasel6965 unfortunately death is certain at any moment we cannot escape it I hate speaking about it cause I don't need to know until, my time will come for me to experience myself but its gonna be all of us, If you wanna live a good life, don’t think about the end of things… think and appreciate what life gives you..! because these are moments that won’t last forever, appreciate everyone and everything around you, Do you know being happy and not stress will help you live a little longer its healthy, so again don’t take everything in life serious and act like you’re immortal to everything cause you’re not. Live love laugh. Eat healthy, stop smoking and drinking its bad for your body..take care of your body find natural things. spend time with family and friends and just enjoy moments before they go before you. Humans aren’t made to be perfect we all have ups and downs imperfection so if anyone feels this way… don’t.

    • @stevem2323
      @stevem2323 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@desertweasel6965 none of us do, but we will.

    • @alexxka937
      @alexxka937 Месяц назад

      Titanic in First World War?! WTF?

  • @lindaraterink6451
    @lindaraterink6451 4 месяца назад +44

    "You lie in bed at night and the whole thing comes round again.." at this point it had been over 60 years or something. Trauma never goes away.

    • @Kinesiology411
      @Kinesiology411 4 месяца назад +1

      It can be relieved, just takes some work.

  • @rpkett
    @rpkett 8 месяцев назад +170

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

  • @gerardmackay8909
    @gerardmackay8909 8 месяцев назад +75

    Frank Prentice 1889 - 1982. He was 90 when this documentary was broadcast and he looks amazing and speaks like someone 30 years younger.

    • @sthgippsland
      @sthgippsland 4 месяца назад +7

      Thank you for clarifying that! I was wondering 🤔

  • @gregmcgarry1
    @gregmcgarry1 4 месяца назад +152

    I don’t know how many viewers will have experienced open waters at night but the thought of being chucked into the middle of a freezing Atlantic at night… absolutely terrifying.

    • @AS-rk5vb
      @AS-rk5vb Месяц назад +6

      When he spoke about the ship's stern tilting up and all of the clutter crashing down towards the bow. That alone, of itself must have been terrifying.

    • @gregmcgarry1
      @gregmcgarry1 Месяц назад +8

      @@AS-rk5vb100% I wouldn’t have suffered for long… the sight of that would have brought on the banger fairly lively! 😬

    • @Dreadeyeknight
      @Dreadeyeknight 29 дней назад

      Id much rather go down in FREEZING ocean water than WARM ocean water
      Not even a debate for me
      ESPECIALLY at night
      You definitely gonna wish you could quickly freeze to death once the man eaters show up....

    • @Kittysoftpaws377
      @Kittysoftpaws377 18 дней назад

      ​@@gregmcgarry1lol, don't know why but that made me laugh!

    • @tvs339
      @tvs339 13 дней назад +1

      absolutely. Its hard to visualise it properly if you haven't experienced the true vastness of the open seas, especially at night in the freezing cold! I have a fear of deep seas. Luckily these people were unaware that 2 miles lay beneath them, it might have paralysed some..
      There are definite parallels here between people jumping from the stricken ship into icy waters with people jumping from the fire from the twin towers. From certain death, to almost certain death.

  • @fh346
    @fh346 8 месяцев назад +186

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

    • @benfisher1376
      @benfisher1376 4 месяца назад +3

      I bet most of the survivors had nightmares about it for the rest of their lives. Such a huge trauma to experience. I bet it was far more frightening in reality.

    • @fh346
      @fh346 4 месяца назад +3

      @benfisher1376 That's a Realistic Assumption. Many Probably Had PTSD.

  • @candymurphy6964
    @candymurphy6964 8 месяцев назад +492

    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.

    • @sadepennbrook
      @sadepennbrook 7 месяцев назад +13

      😢

    • @southlondon86
      @southlondon86 7 месяцев назад +9

      😢😢

    • @КириллКасьян-с8я
      @КириллКасьян-с8я 6 месяцев назад +16

      It's heartbreaking, but it's good that she survived..

    • @dalegrant9282
      @dalegrant9282 6 месяцев назад +12

      Yep, all the men dying

    • @Lisa1987lisa
      @Lisa1987lisa 6 месяцев назад +41

      @@dalegrant9282not really , a lot of women and children from 3rd class didn’t survive. As some of them didn’t make it to the life boats in time. 1st and second class had priority.

  • @GeoLunar
    @GeoLunar 3 месяца назад +35

    In absolute awe of this gentleman. His ability to communicate the horror he experienced on that night was outstanding.
    He also won a military cross in WW1.
    History's loss is that he never wrote a book.
    May he rest now without nightmares

    • @coralharvey7957
      @coralharvey7957 Месяц назад +1

      Bless you Sir. You are a gentleman. Such awful horror. Disgusting shame about the lack of life boats. So even filled to capacity there would still be 1500 deaths . I do hope there were some attempts at compensation. Not that it nullifies the horror. God bless all who went down that night and those who survived the horror.

  • @CalvinTennessee
    @CalvinTennessee 8 месяцев назад +409

    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.

    • @MundiaKamau
      @MundiaKamau 8 месяцев назад +13

      Well put. Regards, Michael M Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 10th May 2024.

    • @Hihoweryew
      @Hihoweryew 7 месяцев назад +1

      His shock is comparable to that of being a victim of domestic violence. DV is worse, actually because it happens everyday in many homes. DV abuse and trauma leaves you in the same shock - it has been said- as the the shock and PTSD as what a soldier experienced in the Vietnam war

    • @LukeAlexan
      @LukeAlexan 7 месяцев назад +37

      @@Hihoweryewcompletely irrelevant.

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 7 месяцев назад +3

      What is it with yet another "can you imagine" comment? We just watched the video, and ffs, everyone understands what water is.

    • @garymardle2120
      @garymardle2120 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@Hihoweryewwtf are you talking about

  • @teetoo3790
    @teetoo3790 6 месяцев назад +694

    This man lived to 93. There IS a REASON why he lived so long. God bless him.

    • @AtomicPunk1995
      @AtomicPunk1995 6 месяцев назад +49

      Yes there is. Healthy lifestyle, good diet, probably didn’t smoke later in life, exercise.

    • @Centermass007
      @Centermass007 6 месяцев назад +36

      @@AtomicPunk1995and at the end of the day all of that simply comes down to pure luck. Lifestyle doesn’t matter as much as luck.

    • @krispeekream
      @krispeekream 6 месяцев назад +43

      So was God just not as happy with the hundreds of people that died?

    • @sovietonion72
      @sovietonion72 6 месяцев назад +5

      What a wonderful man

    • @billybunter3753
      @billybunter3753 6 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@Centermass007 Genetics...Not luck...

  • @oscoe
    @oscoe 4 месяца назад +36

    RIP Mr Prentice. Thank you for having the courage to share your story so it could be understood just a little bit better now all these years later…..

  • @IconTitan
    @IconTitan 8 месяцев назад +391

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

    • @i.m.askance7996
      @i.m.askance7996 8 месяцев назад +10

      I too was struck by his pleasant demeanor.

    • @JosedeJezeus
      @JosedeJezeus 8 месяцев назад +12

      Surely, he didn’t grow up listening to gangster rap.

    • @Robotina-e8u
      @Robotina-e8u 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@JosedeJezeus 🤣

    • @joycegibbs5267
      @joycegibbs5267 7 месяцев назад +5

      inredibly rare now. Just dumb, loud, entitled, aggressive anarchists now !

    • @emmaknitty8748
      @emmaknitty8748 4 месяца назад

      You don't have to be so hostile, Joyce. ​@@joycegibbs5267

  • @laurastone6578
    @laurastone6578 6 месяцев назад +37

    He seems like a kind person…and a gentleman.

  • @FDguy343
    @FDguy343 4 месяца назад +18

    I wish I could just give this gentleman a good long hug. And just have a chance to say thank you.

  • @roberthobo4871
    @roberthobo4871 6 месяцев назад +32

    What beautiful Karma. He saved Mrs. Clark and helped her get on the life boat. Then her life boat scoped him out of the frozen water and she wrapped him up. He said she probably saved his life as he was about frozen solid. Crazy how life works sometimes. You have to stop and appreciate everything.

  • @keithmartin1328
    @keithmartin1328 8 месяцев назад +419

    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.

    • @geometricart7851
      @geometricart7851 8 месяцев назад +23

      I don't discount the tragedy here, but there were other maritime sinkings that were much more tragic, yet everyone keep going back to the Titanic because it is the most famous. Lets not forget the hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff where 9400 souls perished in about an hour by a soviet navy ship!

    • @italiangypsy79
      @italiangypsy79 8 месяцев назад

      @@geometricart7851 why there always gotta be people like you? It's FOCKING video about Titanic survivor. If you wanna see something about Wilhelm Gustloff then go to a William Gustloff video! Or if you wanna see other videos about maritime sinkings go look them up, there's plenty!

    • @gilliankingston8259
      @gilliankingston8259 8 месяцев назад +16

      Bless him, perhaps he met Mr and Mrs Clark again in 1982.

    • @SunsetBoulevard111
      @SunsetBoulevard111 7 месяцев назад

      Well, here is a good venue to tell us about it ​@@geometricart7851

    • @eily_b
      @eily_b 7 месяцев назад +5

      While listening to him I asked myself what the survivors would have to say about the movie if they could have seen it. The actual sinking was described by all of them similarly, so that is probably pretty accurate

  • @mattdeans9873
    @mattdeans9873 2 месяца назад +10

    No actor could ever duplicate the words of these extraordinary survivors. Thank you for posting them. Breathtaking and frightening and heart breaking.

  • @callumclarke1733
    @callumclarke1733 8 месяцев назад +162

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

  • @njplr
    @njplr 7 месяцев назад +118

    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.

    • @Bri-b8z
      @Bri-b8z 4 месяца назад +1

      Very British “keep calm and carry on”! 🇬🇧

  • @escapevelocity434
    @escapevelocity434 4 месяца назад +45

    Always amazed at the level of articulation, humility and conversational skills these old timers had.

  • @ericchambers5827
    @ericchambers5827 5 месяцев назад +98

    Watching this old man telling the story really broke my heart. Im sure he has long passed away R.I.P. SIR

    • @mackmccord3743
      @mackmccord3743 4 месяца назад +11

      He passed away in 1982. 3 years before they found the shipwreck buried in the ocean in 1985

  • @acebrandon3522
    @acebrandon3522 8 месяцев назад +503

    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.

    • @MegaLBreezy
      @MegaLBreezy 8 месяцев назад +15

      No sht, Sherlock! You got some online degree where he can "click below" to get " cured"? 😂

    • @heatherstephens9295
      @heatherstephens9295 8 месяцев назад

      @@MegaLBreezyyou are pathetic 😡

    • @rorzasrestorations
      @rorzasrestorations 8 месяцев назад +11

      @@MegaLBreezy Some people think they know everything.

    • @acebrandon3522
      @acebrandon3522 8 месяцев назад +65

      @@MegaLBreezy Tone down a wee bit, your sarcasm. Just an observation when watching his interview. Poor man's been through a lot more than normal given his experiences in life. He is a survivor.... 🤨

    • @aaronantonio8280
      @aaronantonio8280 8 месяцев назад

      @@acebrandon3522you’re fine. People are dicks.

  • @ellisc.foleyjr9778
    @ellisc.foleyjr9778 6 месяцев назад +21

    I'm 81 yrs old and have heard about the Titanic all my life. but thanks to You Tube I get to see and hear the actual people that were there on that horid night. The thing that would haunt me the most as he said was the sounds of the ship breaking up . Giving out its last crys of fate and precedent to its upcoming silence. God RIP Mr. Prentice. ECF

  • @krist6074
    @krist6074 5 месяцев назад +16

    It's clear to see that this man is deeply traumatized. He's trying hard to keep himself together as he's talking about that night. Not going into too much detail. Though I'm sure he remembers every second of it! RIP!!

  • @tamiwatchesstuff
    @tamiwatchesstuff 8 месяцев назад +225

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

    • @mokele7283
      @mokele7283 8 месяцев назад +12

      I think the one who he told about from the lifeboat, who wanted to get off was deeply in shock. 😢

    • @LimerickWarrior1
      @LimerickWarrior1 8 месяцев назад +12

      You can see the pain in his face.

    • @cjhoward409
      @cjhoward409 8 месяцев назад +7

      I met Edgar Harrell. He wrote a book called Out Of The Depths. He was a Marine on the Uss Indianapolis that got torpedoed. He just passed away a year or 2 ago. The last surviving Marine on that vessel. Riveting story of survival.

    • @FenrisTheMannis
      @FenrisTheMannis 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@cjhoward409 The Indianapolis was a whole different level of hell, reading about it is enough to give one nightmares.

    • @CookiExMonster1
      @CookiExMonster1 8 месяцев назад +15

      Heres the thing. Old school people lived with it and didnt use it as a crutch like todays sissys. Thats what i picked up from these old videos of tragedies. Something is to be gained from pain and sorrow. And how to deal with it make you into this man who can remember everything and went on being tough. No excuses

  • @jillwanlin9558
    @jillwanlin9558 8 месяцев назад +107

    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

  • @cellocat-sm8lx
    @cellocat-sm8lx 3 месяца назад +14

    God bless this sweet gentleman. God rest his soul and all those lost on the Titanic ❤

  • @FrankIsAlwaysRight
    @FrankIsAlwaysRight 8 месяцев назад +85

    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.

    • @doctorbohr1585
      @doctorbohr1585 8 месяцев назад

      He's probably well read. I doubt he was well educated, serving as a crew member. He probably learned the trade to escape poverty. His life was an education, however.

    • @joycegibbs5267
      @joycegibbs5267 7 месяцев назад +2

      that's what a proper education looked like. Not like now !

  • @kittybitts567
    @kittybitts567 8 месяцев назад +129

    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.

  • @simonrae3048
    @simonrae3048 29 дней назад +5

    A clear, concise memory of someone....who was there. No one else's view matters (i.e theories of those who weren't there). We are so incredibly lucky to have this real time memory. This is all one needs to know, Salute you Sir

  • @easystar123
    @easystar123 8 месяцев назад +72

    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.

  • @NeTxGrl
    @NeTxGrl 8 месяцев назад +202

    RIP Frank Prentice.

    • @quietguy1948
      @quietguy1948 8 месяцев назад +23

      And all the rest on board that terrible night/morning . . .

  • @maxaircraft5974
    @maxaircraft5974 4 месяца назад +9

    There are no words anyone can say today to match the words this mans says here. Such great historical footage.

  • @GamingLifers.M
    @GamingLifers.M 8 месяцев назад +207

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

    • @thedigitalemotion
      @thedigitalemotion 7 месяцев назад +12

      Exactly what I was think too! Last of a generation this sadly.

    • @carolynm9638
      @carolynm9638 6 месяцев назад +2

      That’s a fact.

    • @Snowflake1374
      @Snowflake1374 29 дней назад +1

      Agree. My grandparents generation. They were real humble and Classy.

  • @1gbayfisher
    @1gbayfisher 8 месяцев назад +50

    This man is a national treasure, God bless him.

  • @nematolvajkergetok5104
    @nematolvajkergetok5104 Месяц назад +14

    Not only the story is amazing, but the eloquent and classy English he's speaking. When I was a kid in the 1980s, these people were still around, and when I started learning English, we were listening to them speaking, to understand proper pronunciation. To this day, "modern" English feels crude and sloppy for me, but I believe I'm not alone with this. Fr fam.

    • @Sezfluffy
      @Sezfluffy 4 дня назад +1

      I'm an English teacher and I recall my grandparents speaking this way. So eloquent .

  • @dudoklasovity2093
    @dudoklasovity2093 7 месяцев назад +38

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

  • @pho3nix-
    @pho3nix- 8 месяцев назад +121

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

  • @Heykittygirrrl
    @Heykittygirrrl 4 месяца назад +10

    When he said he'd probably have a nightmare that night. I felt my heart break for him. Poor guy 😞

  • @SJ-dm3eb
    @SJ-dm3eb 8 месяцев назад +31

    Just look at young people in society now they couldn't butter bread. He not only survived a sinking ship but 2 World Wars his generation were built differently. He shows humility and respect something younger people know nothing about.

    • @lynnboyd33
      @lynnboyd33 9 дней назад +1

      He also survived the huge influenza invasion of 1918!

  • @KyleCorwith
    @KyleCorwith 6 месяцев назад +13

    Never have listened to a recounting more clear than this. Bless this man's soul.

  • @coloradoken3159
    @coloradoken3159 4 месяца назад +11

    He was 90 years old during this interview. I hope I look this good when I'm 70.

  • @TheTemporalRealm
    @TheTemporalRealm 8 месяцев назад +395

    he saved one life and then his life was saved

    • @donkey3187
      @donkey3187 8 месяцев назад +12

      yes, we all heard that, but thanks anyway. lol

    • @fegstachops6746
      @fegstachops6746 8 месяцев назад +8

      Yes , what goes around and all that . Your comment deserves the 70 likes so far.I’m not sure the sarcasm deserves 3 likes .

    • @BalrajTakhar-u7u
      @BalrajTakhar-u7u 8 месяцев назад +3

      There were many others on that ship that saved others that perished. So much for karma. As he says himself it was pure luck he was picked up.

    • @donkey3187
      @donkey3187 8 месяцев назад

      @@BalrajTakhar-u7u He helped that lady, then she helped save him...perfect karma story. It doesnt have to be this mystical thing...karma can just be others give back to you when you give to them.

    • @TheTemporalRealm
      @TheTemporalRealm 8 месяцев назад

      @@BalrajTakhar-u7u He speaks his intuition

  • @pocopico7409
    @pocopico7409 8 месяцев назад +66

    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.

    • @prettythings3
      @prettythings3 4 месяца назад +1

      You must see "A Night to Remember." You would find it fascinating.

    • @pocopico7409
      @pocopico7409 4 месяца назад +3

      @@prettythings3: Thank you… I just watched it. I watched a colorized version on RUclips for free. Yes, it was a very good movie, especially considering it was made in 1958. I found both of them to be very similar, but I think I prefer the 1998 version. The ‘58 version didn’t have the love story or beautiful music, of course. 😊

    • @prettythings3
      @prettythings3 4 месяца назад +4

      @@pocopico7409 Oh great. Very glad you enjoyed it. It was historically accurate mostly, and survivors were consulted during production. The set design was also very precise. The inquiries into the actions of the Carpathian and Californian ships were very interesting. Such a tragedy. Water can rob one's body about 20x faster compared to air, and the cold Labrador current was simply deadly for the poor souls in the water.

  • @tonysuley4306
    @tonysuley4306 4 месяца назад +20

    Well spoken gentleman who didn't crumble under pressure and saved other people first you have my respect sir and I salute you

  • @mikebrice7255
    @mikebrice7255 8 месяцев назад +68

    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 !

  • @user-fb3pu3qx3t
    @user-fb3pu3qx3t 8 месяцев назад +91

    Amazing testimony.

  • @guidoiglesias24
    @guidoiglesias24 3 месяца назад +13

    So this man was 90 years old in this video? Unbelievable! 🤯

  • @MultiGreatescape
    @MultiGreatescape 8 месяцев назад +76

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

  • @JoeL-zb1yd
    @JoeL-zb1yd 8 месяцев назад +48

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

  • @ziff_1
    @ziff_1 7 месяцев назад +404

    His watch, stopped at 2:20 AM, should be in a museum.

    • @tinam6357
      @tinam6357 6 месяцев назад +29

      Why- it’s his

    • @ewade244
      @ewade244 6 месяцев назад +38

      ​@@tinam6357You are aware that he's been dead for decades, right?

    • @a9029k
      @a9029k 6 месяцев назад +38

      @@ewade244if I were him I would've kept it in the family. He probably left it to his children

    • @tinam6357
      @tinam6357 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@ewade244 his families- yes I’m aware but that property of his/ family- but yes that would be nice-
      I went to Titanic museum they had in one of the casinos and I can’t believe how it moved me

    • @thajman
      @thajman 6 месяцев назад +48

      It is in the Titanic Museum in Southampton UK.

  • @rickgrimes120
    @rickgrimes120 8 месяцев назад +11

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

  • @morlin101
    @morlin101 4 месяца назад +5

    Oh my God I'm so happy this interview took place. It was breathtaking and chilling at the same time. Thank you for this experience

  • @dianaminnick8003
    @dianaminnick8003 8 месяцев назад +58

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

  • @jeremypearson6852
    @jeremypearson6852 8 месяцев назад +309

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

    • @Rob-zw5qs
      @Rob-zw5qs 8 месяцев назад

      I dont think it still affects him

    • @petercarrington948
      @petercarrington948 8 месяцев назад

      Why do you say that?​@@Rob-zw5qs

    • @johnnymichael1804
      @johnnymichael1804 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@petercarrington948 because this interview was conducted 45 years ago and dude was already in his 80's it appears.
      So unless he's 120 years old now, I doubt this STILL affects him.....

    • @petercarrington948
      @petercarrington948 8 месяцев назад +14

      @@johnnymichael1804 oh that's SO Clever. 'dude'

    • @alanbellas513
      @alanbellas513 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@johnnymichael1804 guess, you have never heard of historical present tense, hence ah so mathematically astute.

  • @Trey_Johnson11
    @Trey_Johnson11 6 месяцев назад +11

    That last thing he said was so haunting. Thinking about how he was just a young man when this occurred. And alllllllllll these years later he still lays in bed at night reliving that nightmare. Such a chilling and profound account given from this man. And he’s now long gone. RIP sir and thank you for telling your story.

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton 8 месяцев назад +29

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

  • @alanbeaumont4848
    @alanbeaumont4848 9 месяцев назад +64

    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.

    • @brightblue2415
      @brightblue2415 8 месяцев назад +4

      There had also been people who died as a result of getting on lifeboats on previous ships (capsizing, smashing into the side of the ship), so people who knew about any of those, would be even more reluctant to get on board a lifeboat.

    • @miralynne8913
      @miralynne8913 8 месяцев назад

      I can recommend ocean liners design for more information. It is such a well researched and informative channel 😊

    • @destructionman1
      @destructionman1 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@brightblue2415 It was 80 feet down the side of the Titanic to the water. Pitch black, freezing cold, eerily silent. Waving goodbye-forever to your husband/dad/etc. Leaving behind all your personal belongings other than what you could fit in your pockets. I for one would have been scared sh*tless to get into one of those lifeboats, and wouldn't unless there was no other choice, which people weren't sure of until the final minutes. Understandable they were reluctant.

  • @--Voltz--
    @--Voltz-- 4 месяца назад +4

    *Hearing him talk was so peaceful and calm. I could listen to him all day and all night* !

  • @andysimpson7559
    @andysimpson7559 8 месяцев назад +32

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

  • @quietguy1948
    @quietguy1948 8 месяцев назад +49

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

  • @Al-kb2xl
    @Al-kb2xl 5 месяцев назад +10

    I had to look him up because I couldn’t figure out how old he was here! Hard to believe he’s 90 years old here. Amazing man

  • @renayeblack5906
    @renayeblack5906 8 месяцев назад +37

    Thank you BBC this is a priceless little interview.

  • @RickBerg-b9k
    @RickBerg-b9k 6 месяцев назад +35

    If this interview took place in 1979, Mr. Prentice was 90 years old. He died three years later in 1982.

    • @LouiseLm91
      @LouiseLm91 2 месяца назад

      So he actually died before they found the wreckage 😢

    • @LouiseLm91
      @LouiseLm91 2 месяца назад

      Just 3 years before they finally located the wreckage ❤

  • @gerardmccavana4905
    @gerardmccavana4905 5 месяцев назад +7

    Amazing to hear such a clear and succinct recollection of the infamous sinking.

  • @sandraa2971
    @sandraa2971 8 месяцев назад +65

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

    • @xplaybwoix
      @xplaybwoix 8 месяцев назад +1

      They didn’t

    • @merlith4650
      @merlith4650 Месяц назад

      Would be a bit difficult to stay in touch back in those days from just a couple of circumstantial meetings.

  • @grandiosa86
    @grandiosa86 7 месяцев назад +6

    This is why I love RUclips, because sometimes clips of this caliber comes around like a priceless gift.

  • @brerrabbit9585
    @brerrabbit9585 4 месяца назад +4

    One of my grandfather`s card buddies was a 'Titanic' survivor. He emigrated to America from Ireland with his older sister (both in 3rd. class) to join family in New York. When I was a teen in the mid 1960s I met him a couple of times.. He was a retired cop and a very good friend of my grandfather, also a retired cop. They were in their early 70s then. When my grandfather told me him and his sister survived the disaster, I was fascinated and I asked him if he ever talked about it. He said 'yes' and the next time I met with him, he spoke about for hours.I asked him if he ever saw 'A Night to Remember' which I had seen on TV a few times.He said he did and that he and his sister said it was the most realistic movie they ever saw. He also said that seeing it was like reliving the sinking and they were they were the lucky ones, the ones who survived.

  • @sandymwest1606
    @sandymwest1606 8 месяцев назад +14

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

  • @saragrisanti9814
    @saragrisanti9814 8 месяцев назад +23

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

    • @martyvirtue4051
      @martyvirtue4051 8 месяцев назад +3

      Real men have stopped existing. Unfortunately.

    • @NoNeed2No
      @NoNeed2No 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@martyvirtue4051Many men would just identify as a woman and be the first on the lifeboats these days

  • @jasoncurry1685
    @jasoncurry1685 3 месяца назад +3

    What a fantastic true gent, not boastful or full of self pity, just a polite man who did his best, that's all any of us can do.

  • @Salacious-Crumb
    @Salacious-Crumb 8 месяцев назад +92

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

    • @JimmyWin501
      @JimmyWin501 8 месяцев назад +17

      Totally agree, you won’t see people like that again…

    • @TaxingIsThieving
      @TaxingIsThieving 8 месяцев назад +13

      That’s a tragedy in itself.

    • @joycegibbs5267
      @joycegibbs5267 7 месяцев назад +5

      so true. Looks what's replaced it 🥺😢😱😱

    • @NoNeed2No
      @NoNeed2No 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@joycegibbs5267East Asian and African gimmegrants

  • @bartdart3315
    @bartdart3315 8 месяцев назад +99

    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.

    • @JoeL-zb1yd
      @JoeL-zb1yd 8 месяцев назад +10

      I take my hat off to you and your countrymen.

    • @prettythings3
      @prettythings3 4 месяца назад

      A Yank from Wyoming: Somehow we feel you are still our anchor. Our admiration for you, your eloquent history and the grand United Kingdom is endless.