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Stanley Lord's Guilty For The Death Of The Titanic

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The Titanic was the biggest ship then but it went down faster than anyone would have expected. One iceberg took this humongous ship down on April 15, 1912. This shipwreck is known as one of the worst things to happen in history. The Titanic held many people, but could not save as many that were on the ship. Who is to blame? Now with the evidence provided below we know who is guilty for this horrible travesty of 1,500 death. It is Stanley Lord. He is guilty because he ignored signals for help, he broke the law by not going to help, and he could see the signals and decided to ignore them and lie about if he saw it or not.

For one thing, Lord ignored the signals for help when he could have went to the wreck to help save people. The text states, …show more content…

The text states, "...failed to respond in accordance with the dictates of humanity, international usage and the requirements of laws.'" The text also states, “...the Californian must have seen the the distress rockets fired from the bridge of the Titanic.” This demonstrates that him not going to the crash sight he is breaking the law. If Stanley Lord would have obeyed the law, he could have saved many lives and not been committing a crime.

Above all, Stanley Lord could see the signals just didn't respond and denies ever seeing them, but it was late so even if he was far away he could have seen it. The text states, “... that the Titanic’s lights were visible to the Californian before she struck the iceberg, and that the Californian must have seen the distress rockets fired from the bridge of the Titanic.” The text also states, “‘We told them we were surrounded by ice.” This proves that he would have had to see the signals and there is no excuse for him to not come and help because he said he saw the signals but then gave an excuse for why he could come and then later says that he didn’t see the signals. He is trying to find a million excuses and contradicts what he lied about

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