Like most other second class citizens there is little recorded of Esther Hart’s life before the titanic. She was born May 13 1863 and she lived in Ilford Essex England with her seven year old daughter, Eva and her husband Benjamin. (Titanica ) Her husband was a carpenter and they wanted to move to Canada to begin a new life. () Esther always had a deep feeling of dread regarding the journey, she would always say that calling a ship unsinkable was “flying in the face of God”. () Her husband would often repeat “I’ll go out to a new country, where I’ll either sink or swim” which offered her little reassurance, and later turned out to be more literal than intended. ()
When Esther first boarded the Titanic she immediately noticed the lack of …show more content…
() Benjamin quietly replied “I’m not going in, but for God’s sake look after my wife and child,” while Eva cried “Don't shoot my Daddy, you shan't shoot my Daddy”() When the lifeboat plummeted down to the icy waters, Esther realized that she would never see Benjamin again and she had, in her words, “lost the best and truest friend, the kindest and most thoughtful husband that ever woman had”. () While sitting in the boat she felt something off, so she reached under the seat and pulled out a man. “It was a poor wretch of a man who had
When Esther first boarded the Titanic she immediately noticed the lack of …show more content…
() Benjamin quietly replied “I’m not going in, but for God’s sake look after my wife and child,” while Eva cried “Don't shoot my Daddy, you shan't shoot my Daddy”() When the lifeboat plummeted down to the icy waters, Esther realized that she would never see Benjamin again and she had, in her words, “lost the best and truest friend, the kindest and most thoughtful husband that ever woman had”. () While sitting in the boat she felt something off, so she reached under the seat and pulled out a man. “It was a poor wretch of a man who had