Ch. 11 Hit or Miss
Two sailors were on top deck on a balcony and watched for any danger. Before they knew they witnessed something strange in the ocean.
"What is that, eh?" asked one of the sailors named Jimmy.
The other sailor, named Alex, examined the image but couldn't make out what it was until they got close enough. "It's a….it's an iceberg, mate! An iceberg right ahead!"
So Jimmy rang the bell to alert the others and called down to the lower deck. "Answer the phone you idiots!"
Sixth officer, Moody, answered within 5 seconds. "Yes, what do you see?"
"It's an iceberg! Iceberg right ahead!" he yelled urgently.
"Thank you." Immediately ran and warned the others.
All the officers went around yelling, "Iceberg!" "Iceberg right ahead!" "It's an iceberg!" One of them had to turn the steering wheel all the way to the left. All the officers did what they could to make the urgent stop.
Down in the engine room, the stokers did their part to make Titanic stop.
When the steering wheel was turned all way left, officer Murdoch watched closely as to whether or not the ship would hit or miss. "Come on!" He watched so anxiously. Would Titanic hit or miss? They were so close to hitting and missing it. What would it be? It was like playing Russian roulette with the iceberg.
As Titanic got closer and closer, it moved further and further left but would it make the turn? Finally, the Titanic made it past the iceberg but was severely hit on its side causing serious damage. This caused everything to shake like an earthquake. Everyone on board felt the vibration. Some people were sleep while others were wide awake. It even caused other people to wake up out of their sleep and wonder what was going on. The vibration lasted about 15 seconds. After the incident, people came out of their cabins and looked around in confusion. They realized that the engines stopped as well. Everyone felt confused about what just happened. Some even came out on deck to check out the scene.
Suddenly, Captain Smith came out wondering what happened as well. "What on Earth was that Mr. Murdoch?"
"We hit an iceberg sir." He answered with a straight face. He then explained the strategy he used to stop from hitting.
The captain gave officer Murdoch a command.
"Yes sir!" Office Murdoch followed orders faithfully.
The captain walked away to check the scene and was disappointed that his ship was hurt. But it couldn't have been that bad right? After all, Titanic was unsinkable.