The Heroism of Fathers on the Titanic 2

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is an event that still touches us all.

There can't be many of us who have not asked themselves what they would have done had they been on board on the 14th-15th April 1912.

It is an event that I have found particularly poignant since I became a father. Would I have been able to let women and children go first. Could I have stood on the deck and watched my wife and family being led away from me to safety, knowing that I would never see them again? Could I have been a hero?

Hopefully that is not a question that I will ever have to answer - but it is one that the Reverend John Harper was faced with.

The Heroism of Fathers on The Titanic 1

RMS Titanic sank 100 years and 3 days ago today. It is an event that still touches us all. It is not just the fact that over 1500 souls perished on that freezing night in the North Atlantic but the human stories that it tells of the heroism, cowardice and individual tragedies of that fateful night.

There can't be many of us who have not asked themselves what they would have done had they been on board on the 14th-15th April 1912.


It is an event that I have found particularly poignant since I have become a father. Would I have been able to let women and children go first. Could I have stood on the deck and watched my wife and family being led away from me to safety, knowing that I would never see them again? Could I have been a hero?



Hopefully that is not a question that I will ever have to answer - but it is one that two fathers, Arthur West and the Reverend John Harper were faced with.


This is Arthur West's story. Come back on Friday to read the story of John Harper.