What Happened to Titanic's Survivors After the Sinking?

Thursday April 18th, 1912: across the globe telegraphs are rattling non-stop and newspapers run with dramatic headlines. Incredibly it seems that the White Star Line’s newest and finest liner has sunk with an enormous loss of life. As Carpathia approached New York the world held its breath - what had happened that chilling, clear night on the North Atlantic? Who were among the living and the dead? The following days would bring the full gamut of human emotion; extraordinary relief, boundless grief - even unbridled rage. It was the wake of a tragedy - a sad arrival.

Produced in conjunction with Titanic Honor and Glory @TitanicHG
Animated by Jack Gibson @jackganimations
Written by Sarah Brenneman and Michael Brady

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[ispellitjustg]

Okay I just fell more in love with Captain Rostron. He not only risked his own ship to rescue Titanic's people, but he really protected them once he did. I mean he did not call Olympic because he did not want to retraumatize the victims with Titanic's sister. Then he policed the journalist on board from using the victims, and threatened the press with bodily harm for getting near them. This man and his ship needs a movie.

[davidreichert]

It never dawned on me before that the Carpathia could have dropped the survivors at Halifax and carried on with her original route. Goes to show just how thoughtful Captain Rostron was.

[yamato]

Y’know what’s amazing? People always talk about how tragic the loss of the Titanic was… but at the same time, it was an incredible show of how human resilience and integrity holds strong in spite of all the terrible things that happened. The passengers of the Carpathia awoke to find their ship preparing to take on hundreds of injured, sick, and heavily traumatized survivors. What did they do? Pitched in to do their best to help. Some people even gave up their cabins for these people they’d never even met.

Margaret Brown immediately put her thoughts towards the survivors that were less fortunate than her - survivors who’d taken everything they had to travel overseas, and now were left with literally nothing. She raised what would be over 300, 000 in today’s money to help these people.

Captain Rostron put everything on the like for these people - his ship, his own passengers, even his own life. Yet he went above and beyond for the survivors in their time of need. This man really was an angel in disguise….

For all the talk of tragedy, there’s also the story of triumph in the face of so much sadness.

[CrossingRS]

Feel honored to have cared for a woman in her elder years whom was a child survivor. This was amazing.

[jouhanneus]

My grandfather's uncle, mr. Charles Edward Dahl, survived the Titanic and faced this new reality and uncertainty when Carpathia arrived in New York. Everything he owned in this world, except what he was wearing, went to the bottom of the Atlantic with Titanic. Certainly seems like people were of a stronger breed back in those days, but he must have felt some anxiety about what was to happen next. It turned out alright for him, thankfully.

[christopherstratford]

In my early days as a news reporter, I interviewed a woman who survived the Titanic disaster. She was a young child of about six, I think, , in 1912 so mid-60s when I met her. She showed me a menu she had, for dinner on that fateful day. She said she intended to auction it to supplement her retirement years.

[patriciabagby]

Thanks for the info on Molly Brown. She wasn't only "unsinkable", but also a heroine!

[AlexWatson-iiol]

May all those lost be in eternal peace. They will never be forgotten .

[NoelleTakestheSky]

Carpathia’s captain truly is an unsung hero for all he did, and the passengers on the ship should get a crazy amount of credit too for their part in helping the survivors. I really wish there was a movie about this, and that Authur Rostron’s name was as well known as EJ Smith’s.

[BadgerOfTheSea]

When I volunteered in my town's archives I was tasked with looking at old editions of the local news paper from the early 1910s (I think we were doing a display about the build up to WW1) and when I came across the edition from the week the Titanic sank the headline story was about how people had shouted about it in the street and people were so shocked at the loss of life that the bustling town center became deserted as everyone went home to see their loved ones. My town is in Yorkshire, UK, so two things hit hard: how a town with no connection to the ship had been hit so heavily by the news of tragedy, and how only two years later in 1914 a lot of those shocked people who went home to see their loved ones would be boarding ships to France to never see their loved ones again.

[dawnbengtsson]

I worked with a woman whose grandmother was on the Carpathia at the time of the rescue. Her stories were chilling.

[hannad]

Captain Raustraums consideration of and compassion for the survivors and thier anxiously waiting families is an example of humanity at its finest.

[jopenkin]

Brilliantly done, thank you. 100 years to the day of the Titanic sinking I found myself at the graveside of Arthur Rostron. It was a very moving experience, his grave had been refurbished by the Titanic Society and I met some of his surviving family. Cunard sent some of their officers along and later a blue plaque was unveiled outside his old house.

[yamil.]

112 yrs later & this still fascinates me.

[danisarmi]

I cannot imaginge how shockingit would be to suffer a catastrofic, traumatic event, see so much tragedy, likely suffer illness due to accidents or cold, maybe lose everything you have in the world, and only have a couple of days to process before a reporter has a camera on your face asking you to relive it. Kudos to the people on Carpathia for trying to make it bearable for the survivors

[sjordan]

When I was a young child growing up n the UK my mother was friends with Mrs. Liversich, a neighbour who lived a few doors down.. She survived being on the Titanic when it sank. She liked to take trips on Banana Boats, which often carried a few passengers. She was a very normal person, who did not allow her experience to define her. I still remember standing at my mother's side when we were told the story of her survival. As a child, I did not grasp the enormity of what we were being told.

[MarinCipollina]

I was especially struck by the kindness and humanity of young Mr Thayer. Thanks for this one, Mike.

[maxasaurus]

You made my day Mr. Brady, hearing how Margaret Brown put something together for the second and third class passengers put a smile on my face, thanx!

[BevDurran-bykc]

My Grandmother was born in 1900 in Co Wicklow. Her family some of those who boarded Titanic. They were never heard from again. So very sad.

[jooei]

Mike Brady from down under, he is our hero!