The Titanic’s Unseen Omen: The Forbidden Ritual That Could Have Changed Everything
Some Of History’s Most Infamous SOS Calls
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe icy waters where the Titanic sank, as seen 10 days before the doomed ocean liner made its fatal crossing.
But the engineers weren’t the only crew members who sacrificed themselves.
Working boilers meant the wireless could be used. The wireless operators, Jack Phillips and his assistant, Harold Bride, sent out distress messages for hours. They even joked that they should use the new call sign, SOS, because it might be their last chance to use it.
Despite working in icy water up to their knees, Phillips refused to evacuate when relieved of duty. Then, when the men got life preservers, Phillips was so focused on his task that an unidentified person was able to steal his. He perished in the wreck. For the rest of his life, Bride refused to talk about that night.
For more on the Titanic, see haunting photos of its sinking and artifacts recovered from its wreck, then learn the harrowing stories of 12 of its survivors.
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