"Carpathia Day" by Drake Morrison
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"Carpathia Day" by Drake Morrison
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Today is April 15th, Carpathia Day. Take a moment to put forth an unreasonable effort to save a little piece of your world, when no one would fault you for doing less.
In the early morning of April 15, the RMS Titanic began to sink with more than two thousand souls on board.
Over 58 nautical miles away — too far to make it in time — sailed the RMS Carpathia, a small, slow, passenger steamer. The wireless operator, Harold Cottam, was listening to the transmitter late at night before he went to bed when he got a message from Cape Cod intended for the Titanic. When he contacted the Titanic to relay the messages, he got back a distress signal saying they hit an iceberg and were in need of immediate assistance. Cottam ran the message straight to the captain's cabin, waking him.
Captain Arthur Rostron's first reaction upon being awoken was anger, but that anger dissolved as he came to understand the situation. Before he'd [...]
The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.
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First published:
April 15th, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SARCiTFJfXJJhpej7/carpathia-day
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