Eva Hart - Titanic Survivor (1912)

Monologue of Eva Hart

Mummy said something wasn’t right. She never liked the ship.

She called it too big to be safe. But Daddy laughed. Everyone did.

I remember the cold—so cold it hurt your face.

We were fast asleep when it happened. Mummy shook me awake.

“Get dressed, darling. We’re going up.”

I asked why. She said, “The ship has struck an iceberg.”

I didn’t even know what an iceberg was.

Daddy helped us into the lifeboat. He didn’t get in.

I waved. He smiled.

I never saw him again.

We watched the ship break in two. I covered my ears. There was screaming.

We drifted for hours.

Then the Carpathia came.

Mummy cried and cried.

I didn’t understand everything,

But I knew one thing:

That ship—Titanic—wasn’t unsinkable after all.

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