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Our Hero, Capt. Rostron


Not quite sure where Capt. Rostron thread should go so I put it here...now this gent is MY hero! Not only did he come to the rescue of TITANICs survivor, but there is a story that he did so later on with I believe Mauretania, bringing food and medical help to a sailing ship...will have to find the quote in my book on liners. Now THIS Chap is a CAPTAIN!! emoticon emoticon emoticon

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There are reasons why he wound up Commandore of the entire Cunard fleet - now there is my kind of man!

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yes captain rostron is a great man and always will be.
he did a great thing that night and he will always be remembered for that.

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Oh yeah, ttf! Rostron definitely rocked and ruled the North Atlantic...and the Mediterranean!

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Although I have been told on good authority if he attempted to do the rescue today, he would have been fired and lost his license for endangering the ship and its passengers.

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AWWWWWWW! Now that just S**KS!!!

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Well, he did endanger the ship and crew, which would be the charge. Although, if someone really tried to dismiss someone under similar cirumstances today, I imagine the shipping line would have to back down if the hulabaloo was anything like Rostron caused - people have, on occasion, been known to use their heads for more than a hatrack.

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Yes, the saving grace of the human race is that occaisionally people actually opt to use the brains they've been given!

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quote:

Lights wrote:

Yes, the saving grace of the human race is that occaisionally people actually opt to use the brains they've been given!



im offended i was never given any brains.
[wills goes and pouts in the corner]

anyway i didnt know that they would have gotten charged for that ...the very same thing rostron did .,wow.
then i guess i can understand too because the ship would have been put in serious danger and the crew as well. but i imagine he took caution when entering the icefield.
i have heard before that he came close to hitting a few .

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He was and is a hero, unless of course the Carpathia had also hit an iceberg. The little people can rarely win.

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