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harold bride Titanic Survivor the Story of Harold Bride Titanic Survivor: the Story of Harold Bride Introduction In 1912 more and more people wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean from England to the United States of America. The Titanic was the biggest and most famous ship built to make this trip. When Harold Bride joined the ship on its first voyage, his job was to work in the radio room. He didn抰 know that he would play a part in one of the worst disasters at sea the world had ever seen. Chapter 1 換ueen of the Seas?People have called me a hero. I don抰 know about that, because there were many heroes in the early hours of 15th April 1912. I was only 21that year. I had worked for nearly a year as a ship抯 radio operator. In April I started a new job梠n the Titanic. My first sight of the ship, in Belfast, took my breath away. Now I understand why people called it the 換ueen of the Seas? The Titanic was the biggest ?and the best. Passengers boarded the Titanic in Southampton on 10th April. At noon the great ship set off on its voyage to New York. For first-class passengers the Titanic was like a wonderful floating hotel with fancy restaurants, a library, and even a swimming pool. There were lots of other passengers, too. Many had one-way tickets, looking for a new life in America. Of course, these people weren抰 allowed near the higher decks of first class. Jack Phillips was the Senior Radio Operator. He and I had to send lots of messages from rich passengers. We tapped these out in Morse Code. Sometimes it was hard to catch the messages that came back. Jack and I quickly became good friends. That was lucky, because we lived and slept in the radio cabin! Chapter 2 Iceberg! We were especially busy on Sunday, 14th April and it was a long, hard day for Phillips. We received a few warnings from ships about ice ahead. Captain Smith knew about these, but he wasn抰 worried梟ot on the 搖nsinkable拻 Titanic. Phillips had so many messages to send from passengers