On April 10, 1912, the Titanic set out for her maiden voyage. Everyone thought they were quite safe. Some even had the audacity to say that God could not sink the Titanic. However, things did not happen quite how they thought. During the night of April 14, the Titanic hit an iceberg. The Carpathia's warning to them that they were nearing an iceberg had been ignored. The ship's first mate quickly made the ship go in reverse away from the iceberg, but it was too late. The Titanic already had numerous holes along the starboard side below the waterline. Water started rushing into the holes. Unfortunately, there were only enough lifeboats for half of the passengers. The sailors quickly started loading the women and children onto the lifeboats. They had not planned for the ship sinking, so the untrained sailors sent some of the lifeboats off only half full. Many of the men bravely stayed on board, letting the women and children survive. When the ship was nearly completely sunken, the band played "Nearer My God to Thee." 68% of the passengers were lost, even with the Carpathia coming and rescuing the survivors. Those who pridefully said that not even God could sink the Titanic were proven wrong. Just as God stopped the building of the Tower of Babel, he stopped the people from boasting about the Titanic being unsinkable.
~ Aidan
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