I love listening to her speak -- Her clarity, her vocabulary, her vivid recollection -- What an unimaginable tragedy for a 7 year old to endure, and for her to share her account in such detail is fascinating. Many thanks for sharing this!
Later in life, she was a magistrate in the UK. If I lived in her jurisdiction, I'd intentionally get traffic tickets just to be able to interact with her. What an amazing, wonderful woman!
Eva Hart was the one who once wisely observed that the Titanic "will go down in history as the one disaster for which there was no excuse for anyone to die." Her mother, too, was wise in stating that to proclaim a ship unsinkable was "flying in the face of God." :-)
One could say the tragedy is that a 7 year old girl remembers the event in such incredible detail. She lived with this memory for over 60 years. Today we would call that PTSD
there's a crew member, Frank Prentice, who went into the water and survived and gave an interview. The interviewer asks something about whether recalling it now upsets him and he says something like, "I should probably dream about it tonight, you'd think I'd be too old for nightmares." It just broke my heart, I hope he had someone to wake him up and tell him he was safe at home.
Interesting to hear that Eva's father met Captain Smith on deck - this is a clear example of how 2nd class passengers were treated nearly as similar to 1st Class passengers - they had a promenade deck on the boat deck just like 1st Class, they also had access to some of the Titanic's band and an elevator! Captain Smith would have chatted with 2nd Class passengers a lot. He would never have conversed with 3rd Class.
@@notyourbiz235 From my research, second class passengers were treated largely like first class passengers, in the way the crew and stewards spoke to them. The food prepared for the second class passengers was cooked in the same galley as the food cooked for the first class passengers. Third class didn't have that. Second class had a lift (elevator) to take them to the boat deck, and second class shared a promenade with the first class on the boat deck. Third class didn't have a lift or any promenade on the boat deck. It is these bits of research that shows how much second class were treated very similarly to first class passengers. When on the boat deck, like first class passengers, the second class could have hot or cold drinks served to them. Something third class never had. So, yes I believe Eva, her father did speak with the captain, as Captain Smith would have had no problem conversing with the polite middle class society in second class.
Wow! Thanks a lot for uploading this. Eva Hart was so strong and even with everything she's been through she sounds like she was absolutely lovely to hang around with. Its a shame she lost her father at such a young age, and had to witness such a disaster. To live through that and then go through both World Wars and other disasters. Just wow. Hearing her talk about movies of Titanic I can tell she very much would not have liked Titanic (1997). May she rest in peace.
Respectfully disagree. She mentioned her fondness of "A Night to Remember" for its historical accuracy, and in "Titanic", the ship actually breaks in half and has several historically accurate scenes, including one that represented her where the father tells his daughter to "be a good girl and hold mommy's hand". I think she would have also appreciated the scene where the reporter refers to the explorer as a "grave robber" and the end scene where Rose drops the necklace into the sea, symbolizing the fact that the wreck site is indeed a grave and its artifacts shouldn't be plundered.
@@bobbyheenan4061 Rose And Jack Are just Fictional story the important was Eva Hart story and the other survivor that's why The titanic Story became intact by the survivors only Again Rose and Jack are Fiction love story and The necklace actually just a Fictional story!!
@autumnpanda so true. To make a fictional love story that, even today, all people talk about is rose and jack. Cameron... A money grabber on the backs of human tragedy. the woman here even states how fed up she was with people bringing it up. Let them rest in peace.
Going by Titanics massive size and weight many passengers and crew felt a shudder / vibration when it hit the iceberg gives you an idea of how serious the damage was
They didn't have a wireless on duty. They were in the same ice field, Titanic set off her rockets "wrong" every 5 min or something instead of every minute
Also it was discovered that there was a cold front that night coming in from the north causing a mirage on the water. This is also why they didn’t see the iceberg until last minute. The other ship - Californian - thought titanic was a mere cargo ship because of the mirage shrinking it in size. There is more details on it in books. There was also another visual phenomenon that night due to the cold air which cause the light from the signals to travel at a different frequency so it didn’t read as SOS
Lady gave good info. I don’t understand why the captain did not slowly steam closer to the Californian. It sounds like it was only 2-3 miles away. The crew and captain were stupid. Another interviewed survivor said the captain sent the carpenter down to check for damage. Like, “go down and see if you can fix it, don’t tell anyone just let me know”.
Well, to be fair, the ship was ordered at half-speed (NOT by the captain’s orders) for a good five minutes after the ship had hit the iceberg, and even going slow pushed the water in over twice as fast as it did when the ship was stopped. If anything, trying to sail to the Californian would have cause the ship to be under before even half of the lifeboats would have been launched
@@shayanzahra6454 yup, or blew the horn in morse code for SOS or whatever message they wanted to send. Maybe they didn't think about it and only went the route of wireless but it was late at night and should have realized the radio isn't on all the time.
@@shayanzahra6454 they tried with the cutter which was the Life Boat with only 12 people on board. rowing 10 miles in a row boat is not as quick as you might realizes.
Because not everyone dies in a shipwreck dumbass. They wouldn’t have died if they had enough boats. Well some people would still be stupid and wait but common sense you can escape a ship wreck unless it exploded.
I love listening to her speak -- Her clarity, her vocabulary, her vivid recollection -- What an unimaginable tragedy for a 7 year old to endure, and for her to share her account in such detail is fascinating. Many thanks for sharing this!
Later in life, she was a magistrate in the UK. If I lived in her jurisdiction, I'd intentionally get traffic tickets just to be able to interact with her. What an amazing, wonderful woman!
I love it too!
I loved listening to her too.
Eva Hart was the one who once wisely observed that the Titanic "will go down in history as the one disaster for which there was no excuse for anyone to die." Her mother, too, was wise in stating that to proclaim a ship unsinkable was "flying in the face of God." :-)
She said the movie “A Night to Remember” was an accurate depiction of the event
❤ Beautiful lady who didn't lose her sense of optimism in spite of the trauma she had experienced. God bless you , dear Lady
Hopefully her age safe her from PTSD as many of survivors suffered from.
One could say the tragedy is that a 7 year old girl remembers the event in such incredible detail. She lived with this memory for over 60 years. Today we would call that PTSD
there's a crew member, Frank Prentice, who went into the water and survived and gave an interview. The interviewer asks something about whether recalling it now upsets him and he says something like, "I should probably dream about it tonight, you'd think I'd be too old for nightmares."
It just broke my heart, I hope he had someone to wake him up and tell him he was safe at home.
It is indeed extraordinary that her mother had a sixth sense about it. I'm sure I've heard another survivor say something similar.
I thought the same thing! Mother’s intuition
Interesting to hear that Eva's father met Captain Smith on deck - this is a clear example of how 2nd class passengers were treated nearly as similar to 1st Class passengers - they had a promenade deck on the boat deck just like 1st Class, they also had access to some of the Titanic's band and an elevator! Captain Smith would have chatted with 2nd Class passengers a lot. He would never have conversed with 3rd Class.
We don't know if the Captain did or didn't but there was a class difference and a price difference
@@notyourbiz235 From my research, second class passengers were treated largely like first class passengers, in the way the crew and stewards spoke to them. The food prepared for the second class passengers was cooked in the same galley as the food cooked for the first class passengers. Third class didn't have that. Second class had a lift (elevator) to take them to the boat deck, and second class shared a promenade with the first class on the boat deck. Third class didn't have a lift or any promenade on the boat deck. It is these bits of research that shows how much second class were treated very similarly to first class passengers. When on the boat deck, like first class passengers, the second class could have hot or cold drinks served to them. Something third class never had. So, yes I believe Eva, her father did speak with the captain, as Captain Smith would have had no problem conversing with the polite middle class society in second class.
Wow! Thanks a lot for uploading this.
Eva Hart was so strong and even with everything she's been through she sounds like she was absolutely lovely to hang around with. Its a shame she lost her father at such a young age, and had to witness such a disaster. To live through that and then go through both World Wars and other disasters. Just wow.
Hearing her talk about movies of Titanic I can tell she very much would not have liked Titanic (1997).
May she rest in peace.
Respectfully disagree. She mentioned her fondness of "A Night to Remember" for its historical accuracy, and in "Titanic", the ship actually breaks in half and has several historically accurate scenes, including one that represented her where the father tells his daughter to "be a good girl and hold mommy's hand". I think she would have also appreciated the scene where the reporter refers to the explorer as a "grave robber" and the end scene where Rose drops the necklace into the sea, symbolizing the fact that the wreck site is indeed a grave and its artifacts shouldn't be plundered.
@@bobbyheenan4061 Rose And Jack Are just Fictional story the important was Eva Hart story and the other survivor that's why The titanic Story became intact by the survivors only Again Rose and Jack are Fiction love story and The necklace actually just a Fictional story!!
@autumnpanda so true. To make a fictional love story that, even today, all people talk about is rose and jack. Cameron... A money grabber on the backs of human tragedy.
the woman here even states how fed up she was with people bringing it up. Let them rest in peace.
❤
Eva lived through amazing scenes of history.
Going by Titanics massive size and weight
many passengers and crew felt a shudder / vibration when it hit the iceberg gives you an idea of how serious the damage was
Her mother heard God's voice and helped to deliver her. She is amazing, a great speaker!! She also is a witness to it being broken in two!
It was Sunday and after 111 years, Titan Submarine tragic implosion happened on Sunday.
1 out of 7 chances. Extraordinary
The first class ladies survived because most of the boats left before anyone realized it was sinking.
This is so interesting to hear..
Interesting though tragic, too :-l
Please give the date of this interview. Thank you.
What an amazing person!😮
I didn't know she met Capt. Smith :D
The newspaper at 7:33 … why does it say “all Titanic passengers are safe” ??
Information wasn't forthcoming at the time, so the news was based on rumours and assumption. An unsinkable boat.
Why didn't the other ship come over? Accountability!!
They didn't have a wireless on duty. They were in the same ice field, Titanic set off her rockets "wrong" every 5 min or something instead of every minute
Also it was discovered that there was a cold front that night coming in from the north causing a mirage on the water. This is also why they didn’t see the iceberg until last minute. The other ship - Californian - thought titanic was a mere cargo ship because of the mirage shrinking it in size. There is more details on it in books. There was also another visual phenomenon that night due to the cold air which cause the light from the signals to travel at a different frequency so it didn’t read as SOS
They don't make women like that know.
@Caribbean Ín The House No, an iceberg did...
@Caribbean Ín The House wtf are you talking about? Accidents happen... It's a part of life
@Caribbean Ín The House shut up lmao
Humans before major technology. The art of holding conversation and storytelling. That time is gone, unfortunately
What a rubbish you wrote
7:23 I wish :-l
What year was this interview?
I believe it was 1987
Lady gave good info. I don’t understand why the captain did not slowly steam closer to the Californian. It sounds like it was only 2-3 miles away. The crew and captain were stupid. Another interviewed survivor said the captain sent the carpenter down to check for damage. Like, “go down and see if you can fix it, don’t tell anyone just let me know”.
Well, to be fair, the ship was ordered at half-speed (NOT by the captain’s orders) for a good five minutes after the ship had hit the iceberg, and even going slow pushed the water in over twice as fast as it did when the ship was stopped. If anything, trying to sail to the Californian would have cause the ship to be under before even half of the lifeboats would have been launched
What they could have done, was send a few of the crew members on a lifeboat to the Californian ship and inform them about news.
@@shayanzahra6454 yup, or blew the horn in morse code for SOS or whatever message they wanted to send. Maybe they didn't think about it and only went the route of wireless but it was late at night and should have realized the radio isn't on all the time.
The real tragedy is that, given the sea state and that, help was expected within a few hours - there was enough lifeboat space for everyone.
@@shayanzahra6454 they tried with the cutter which was the Life Boat with only 12 people on board. rowing 10 miles in a row boat is not as quick as you might realizes.
Why is the Titanic considered a grave site and not all shipwrecks?
Because not everyone dies in a shipwreck dumbass. They wouldn’t have died if they had enough boats. Well some people would still be stupid and wait but common sense you can escape a ship wreck unless it exploded.
Let’s think this one through all the way
Wonder why her mom spent so much time in bed? Reckon she must've been ill.
No. Her mother slept during the day so she could stay awake at night. She Knew something bad was going to happen and she wanted to be awake .