They hurried back to the Cullens and got on Edward's computer, Bella couldn't wait until she saw Alexander as an old man
Edward got on Youtube
" It's called Grandpa Alexander's Titanic Story" Edward said, " By his granddaughter Ali
Bella nodded
Edward found it and it began playing
The first thing they saw was a picture of Alexander
Bella gasped, she could see the resemblance between the three year old she met and the old man she was looking at
" Is it in Russian or English?" Bella asked
" He told his story both ways, this is the English version so some non speaking Russian humans can understand" Edward said with a smirk
Bella chuckled and rolled her eyes
Alexander started speaking
" The year was April 10, 1912, I was three years old, it's unbelievable I remember so much of that event, I will always be grateful to the couple who rescued me from Titanic, if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here and neither would all of you" Alexander started
There was a lot of gasped coming from his children and grandchildren
" Father don't scare them" One of Alexander's children scolded
" Well it's true" Alexander said, " Anyway... me and my Papa were going to America to be reunited with my grandparents and my older sister who went to America earlier... We bordered the "Unsinkable" Titanic... Also called The Ship Of Dreams"
There were some Oohs coming from the Grandchildren
" We were a poor family back then and we were lucky that we got on the ship in the first place, we were in Third Class naturally" Alexander said
The Grandchildren gasped, they couldn't believe that their grandpa was ever poor before
"After Papa and I were checked for lice, we were allowed to board the Titanic" Alexander said
That was part 1 of the video
The next part started right after that
"After Papa and I found our cabin, we went on the deck that we were allowed to walk on and we just waved and said goodbye to everybody who was waving. I don't think I understood we were saying good bye to our home land, I was just having fun waving and laughing" Alexander explained
" A while later, the ship started moving and there were a lot of cheers" Alexander explained, " I was scared since I was only three years old and I didn't know what was going on, my Papa reassured me and said that we were on our way to my grandparents and Anya my sister... That made me feel better, I missed my sister and my grandparents, I haven't seen them since I was two, I don't even know if I remembered them at that time, I just saw pictures of them and my Papa told me about them"
Alexander was quiet for a few minutes like he was remembering his experience on Titanic
" Papa and I watched our home land get smaller and smaller as the Titanic got farther and farther away... for some... well alot, that would be the very last time they saw land"
That was part 2 of the video
The next part started right after that
" All through the voyage, Papa told me what America was going to be like, he told me there would be better jobs, more money, an education for me and my sister, everything was going to be better in America" Alexander said
" Your Papa was right" One of Alexander's grandchildren said
Alexander smiled and nodded, " My Papa was right"
Alexander took a minute just thinking
" It was fun being on the Titanic, after dinner every night, Third Class partied with dance and drink... I didn't drink because I was too young, but it was still fun, I danced as well with the other children who wanted to be like their parents" Alexander said and he chuckled then frowned, " That is how it was through the whole voyage... which now brings us to... April 14, 1912... The day Titanic hit the Iceberg"
That was part 3
The next part started right after that
" April 14, 1912 was just another day, we went through the same routine... I was in bed when the iceberg struck and the noise woke me up... my Papa had to comfort me and tell me everything was fine but I wouldn't go back to sleep that night" Alexander started, " Water was already coming into the ship, My feet were already wet"
Alexander took a minute to think
"Papa had me stand on the bed so I wouldn't get cold and he wrapped me in the warmest things we had, he thought we were going to go on deck and get into the lifeboats because water wasn't supposed to be in the ship" Alexander said, " He then picked me with one arm and had our suitcase in his other arm and we followed the other Third Class to get outside, but it was blocked off by gates... we were told that everything was under control and that we should all go back to our cabins... That was a mistake"
That was part 4
The next part started right after that
" The water would have been up to my ankles if my Papa didn't have me stand on the bed to stay out of the water" Alexander said, " Papa told me that they were putting the 1st class on the boats first and then it would be our turn... I always believed that Papa was right so like always I believed him"
Alexander took a minute and thought
" Every 10 minutes, Papa would take me and we went to the gates to know when it would be our turn to get on the boats, they were still locked and blocked by a crew man... I think Papa was keeping calm to keep me calm, but I remember his eyes, they were scared"
Alexander paused for another moment
" After a while, I could feel the ship tilting, it didn't feel right and now I was getting scared" Alexander said, " The water was getting higher and we still went to the gates every 10 minutes but they were all still locked... Papa didn't think that they were going to open them, they were going to have us all drown, he wanted to find another way out... there had to be another way out... Papa didn't bring his suitcase every time we went to the gate, he thought once the gate was open, he could run back and get his suitcase, but since we were going to find another way, he had to get his suitcase... He has been carrying me the whole time and I was getting heavy for him, so he stood me against a wall where there was less water and he hurried to our cabin where the water was up to his waist, he told me he'd be right back... that was the last time I really saw him"
Alexander had tears in his eyes at this point
" Dad, you don't need to say anymore" Alexander's daughter said
Alexander nodded, " Yes I do... I screamed for my Papa to return, I don't know if he heard me... he was taking a long time getting the suitcase and I was scared... the water was getting deeper and deeper, it was up to my waist now, I don't know how high it was for my Papa where he was at... All of a sudden, a strange man just picked me up and started running with me, now I was really scared and I screamed for my Papa, I finally saw him and he was chasing us, he looked mad and he was yelling at the strange man to return me to him, I tried wiggling out if the man's arms but he had a firm grip on me, all of a sudden there was a noise and a wall of water came at us... it swept my Papa up and then swept us up, we resurfaced but my Papa did not"
The strange man swam until we were in a stairwell where a pretty lady was at
" Get up, hurry" The strange man said
" Where's his father?" The lady asked
" He didn't make it, a flood of water got to him, come on" The man urged
" I was in the mans arms as we were racing the water, we ended up in a room in 1st class, and a man was standing there, I didn't understand what anybody was saying since I only knew how to speak Russian then... If I remember correctly, the man they were talking to was the man who built the ship... he ended up giving the lady the lifebelt and he just stood there looking sadly at us as we left the room"
Alexander thought for a minute
" It looked like the man was taking charge and the lady who was holding me was following... I was passed from the lady to the man as we climbed over things and people, I think they had a goal where they wanted to be at, and they were hurrying" Alexander said, " I ended up crying again because everybody was panicking and it was making me scared... The lady tried talking to me but I couldn't understand her and then the man started talking to me and he said that everything is going to be ok... he calmed me down"
" The ship was getting steeper and it was making creeking noises, it was really scary" Alexander said, " Finally we got as far as we could, the man pulled both me and the lady up onto bars, it was really steep but the man knew what he was doing, he wasn't going to let us go
"At this point, some of the passengers began losing their grips and they slid down the wooden deck like a bobsled, falling hundreds of feet before they hit the icy water. And then to make matters worse, a few minutes later the lights go out all over the ship and the only light is by the moon and stars... and after that the ship split in two making a booming sound... people were falling into holes screaming... to make matters worse, there were fires and explosions when the ship split... the part of the ship that we were on fell back towards the water and I thought we were going to die right there... then the ship righted itself and I thought it was over, I think so did a lot of other people... The man and lady I was with just looked at each other like they knew it wasn't over... They were right, the ship was rising up at an angle, first... a 45 degree angle, then a 60 degree angle, more people were falling to their deaths, I thought we'd be next soon... The man climbed over the bars and picked me up, had me hang on and then helped the lady over, at this point the ship was at a 90 degree angle... more people began falling and then the man told me that when he said now, I was to cling to the lady, hold my breath and close my eyes for as long as I could... The ship was about to descend" Alexander explained, " The water was coming closer and closer to us and I was scared, but when the man said now, I held my breath and closed my eyes and water engulfed me"
There were gasped coming from his audience