April 13, 1912: A Short Story

It was the night of April 14, 1912. I was in the dining room eating some Lemon Capellini with caviar, it was delicious, I could feel the tiny orbs bursting and filling my mouth with a delightful flavor. All of the in the area smelled great! It was the highpoint of the cruise. Suddenly, I heard a loud roar coming from below. I knew the boat had been struck.

I quickly sprung up and ran to the lifeboat area. I heard the shrieks of all of the families who were panicking. I went to board a lifeboat. “Women and children first,” the man proclaimed. “Did you just assume my gender?” I replied. I quickly got past him and boarded the lifeboat. He let us down and we started floating away. I thought it was surely the end for me. I looked back and saw the titanic split in half like a mere twig.

Suddenly it began to get darker as something came over it in the distance. It was another cruise liner! The rescue boat came over the horizon like the rising sun. We set off the light flares that were in the kit on the lifeboat. The boat has coming closer, and the sun was getting brighter and brighter. I was filled with joy and relief.

As the boat got close enough the seamen let down an old rope ladder for us to climb up onto the main deck. It was the RMS Carpathia, another ship making its maiden voyage, like the Titanic. We were the first people that had boarded the boat from the lifeboats, they said they had a limited amount of rooms left. Since we were the first who were rescued I got to enjoy this cruise, after the horrors of the