The Backstory: Titanic’s Boss: Bad Guy . . Or Victim of Bad Press
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
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🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Bruce Ismay ran the White Star Line but managed to save himself from the sinking of the Titanic by hopping into a lifeboat. Was he a coward . . or simply canceled by vicious press? His granddaughter said the greatest tragedy of Ismay's life . . was surviving.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, imagine you're on a sinking ship in the North Atlantic on a freezing cold night. |
| 0:05.6 | You see an opportunity to get on a lifeboat to save your life. |
| 0:09.2 | Problem is, you're the guy who runs the company that owns the giant boat. |
| 0:14.0 | You're Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, and you're on the maiden voyage of the doomed RMS Titanic. |
| 0:21.3 | I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:22.6 | Did Ismay sneak onto a lifeboat to save himself? |
| 0:25.6 | Or was he the victim of fake news from a vicious press? |
| 0:29.2 | That's next on the backstory. |
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