Eva Hart interview on surviving the sinking of the Titanic (1993)

Titanic survivor, Eva Hart, recalls her experience of the sinking in candid detail.

[@FanaticForFanta]

She been through the titanic, WW1, WW2, Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam war etc. What a tough woman. RIP Eva Hart

[@doris3317]

And the Spanish flu. She was a remarkable woman.

[@sloth6480]

If she had lived through Covid, that would have been a record.

[@LottiDotti76]

@@sloth6480 the fact she lived through all the other isn't a record? You have some high ass standards for a record.

[@sloth6480]

@@LottiDotti76 Nothing wrong with having high standards. If the Titanic had been built and staffed with high standards in mind it likely wouldn't have sank and more people would have survived could have survived. So the way I see it, you just issued a compliment. Thanks.

[@notagarbage6728]

@@sloth6480 i respect your standards i have too

[@ItsSpecialHands]

Imagine telling a survivor of the titantic that they were wrong about how it sank when they witnessed the whole thing

[@kevinfan726]

exactly. She was a child, and they were not taken seriously at all back then.

[@ZachLagrandeur]

Well, it becomes problematic when all of the survivors have different versions of what happenned.

[@ultimatesunrise]

@@ZachLagrandeur wdym? Other than the iceberg story?

[@ZachLagrandeur]

@@ultimatesunrise not just that, but also the splitting of the ship, the music the band played, and other details. All of the survivors have different versions.

[@tylersalter9133]

It really is sad. It happens with the Holocaust and 9/11 all the time too. Granted, survivors obviously don't know all the little details behind the scenes of how it happened, but we gotta respect their firsthand experience.

[@tyh4180]

Her ability to tell a story. Her ability to recall. Her vocabulary. Her ability to speak so eloquently and fluidly. Astonishing. A joy to listen to.

[@karenyoung5317]

My thoughts exactly! I would of had about 2,000 ummms in there lol

[@dianebays5484]

I know, I could listen to her all day.

[@abroadstateofmind5571]

I admire this generation..those who were so intellectual as this woman had to learn without the ease of technology or conveniences...I admire my grandmother's story telling in the same way

[@lindagibson744]

I agree with you 💯 %

[@thecore477]

Those are the things that I have always admired from people born in a decent and cultured era with values and principles, what a pity that there are hardly any more people like that

[@tori600]

‘One life is worth more than the whole ship, surely’ what an eloquent, incredible woman. RIP Eva Hart.

[@anemoiatrippin]

Yes this was my favorite quote too. How matter of factly she says it, like it's so simple and obvious, and why didn't anyone get it at the time :(

[@sid2112]

Never served in the Navy, huh? Me either. But I did have the fortunate experience to work on board a Navy warship. I was a network engineer and we were there on contract to solve a few issues on a recent upgrade they had troubles with. I spent three weeks on a ship and every single one of those sailors would have laid down their lives in defense of that floating hunk of steel. The ship was Mother to them, their Captain, Father. Really interesting experience.

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Absolutely bang on it's metal which you can replace but you can't replace a life..

[@dangielfrauk8484]

Amazing quote.

[@Thehermitist]

Yep. Only first class person to have said so. Poor souls. Rip Eva and all

[@HuckmanT]

This interview could have been 10 hours and i would have watched it straight through. What a wonderful woman.

[@joeyfoster9237]

Without a doubt. I’m so glad I found this. Really incredible.

[@fmyoung]

Me too, it's not only the subject but also her storytelling abilities

[@jhibbitt2896]

"and all these years later, this interest is still profound and that's because there was no need for anyone to have died" that quote stays with me

[@kellyolson1952]

Exactly. Even Thomas Andrews the ship’s architect argued for more lifeboats but his plea was shot down.

[@jasewilliams14]

@@kellyolson1952 yes well he couldn't convince Bruce Ismay to have more lifeboats who was the CEO of The White Star Line. In fact Mr. Ismay reduced the number of boats as long as he was still within the legal limits of the British Board of Trade. However, apart from boats there were other issues such as not enough lifeboat training by the crew. Uncertainly as to the capacity of the boats, and this false sense of security that the Titanic was herself a lifeboat.

[@kenthompson5723]

"there was no need for anyone to have died"" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes indeed. I liked it when she continued with great conviction >>> "One life is worth more than the whole ship, surely."

[@pandabytes4991]

It is a shame that it took this tragedy to change peoples views on how one may use a lifeboat.

[@tara_p_rose11]

And now it’s added 5 more to the many in it’s graveyard, for the victims of Titan that wanted to look at it, just leave it alone!! R.I.P. to all Titanic & Titan victims 🕊

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

i bet her father fought like hell to survive once he was left on the ship, and must have felt some solace that he had successfully gotten his child and wife to safety.

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

Yes. But he also died hearing his wife's months of warnings in his head over and over again. That is tragic to me. To think of dying knowing you would still be alive had you listened to your "silly-acting" wife. 😔

[@kaeceythepanda1564]

@Sug Ma obviously you would still probably go, but it's unlikely that it wouldn't have been on his mind that if he *had* taken her seriously, he'd still be with his family

[@Kinobambino]

@Sug Ma really good point

[@amanda66443]

@Sug Ma Exactly

[@aggimajera]

Exactly. The father didn’t heed his wife’s warnings, and only *he* would pay for it in the end. He was likely terrified to die, but his family wouldn’t join him in death. That’s all the difference in the world.

[@xwing1977]

Imagine being a child and seeing this huge ship break apart and sink, knowing your father is probably still onboard - this is TRUE horror...

[@nildabridgeman8104]

💔

[@deerheart87]

Terrible ❤just terrible poor loves

[@johnchampagne8013]

She was just an infant.

[@pixie7435]

​@@johnchampagne8013 she was 7 . Not an infant 😂. Certainly old enough to recall such a terribly tragic and traumatic event vividly . Also living through both world wars . What a woman

[@betsysipe5512]

Ok infant? Wtf? Anyway though, I couldn't imagine something much more terrible than that.

[@sandracroft8]

I met another survivor back in 1977 when as a teenager I was working in a toy department in a shop in Ealing West London. An old lady dressed in black came in and looked up at a shelf displaying an Airfix model we were selling and burst into tears. I asked her what was wrong and she pointed at the Kit Model of the Titanic and asked me why the store was allowed to sell such a thing and she explained that she had been on the Titanic when it sunk. Poor woman she was so terribly upset. It left a lasting memory with me.

[@TitanicTubi]

Omg😲

[@knxcholx]

Oh wow 😟

[@andiemorgan961]

It makes one think about the appropriateness of some toys. Particularly the ones linked to violence. Especially the extremely graphic video games available today!

[@wandajames6234]

@@andiemorgan961 yes indeed.... neighbour's granddaughter was just raped and strangled here on a university campus in Ontario- reports of other attacks on university campuses- where is all this violence coming from???

[@sxmplysxvannah2223]

Danggg. It has always been a dream of mine to meet someone who was on titanic. But I was born in 2010 so like all of them were dead :P

[@jlarsson1978]

Videos like this is what makes KZbin fantastic

[@fmyoung]

There is lots of good stuff on KZbin

[@modelstatus928]

“So you remember the silence? The whole world stood still that night. Once the lights was gone, the ship was gone, the sound was gone .. it was dreadful “🥺 Wow Miss Eva Hart 🙏🏼💐

[@leonwilks4114]

Was you aware this emoji 🙏is a high 5 not a praying one..

[@modelstatus928]

Type in Pray … then send the emoji it shows you on here

[@jher_yow8319]

Full of darkness and no lights at all. :( This was very tragic.

[@Dobbsy79]

@@leonwilks4114 a high five?! Whattha…. 🤣😂

[@nzgirl2105]

Powerful

[@rainblaze.]

"One life is more than a whole ship surely" ~ eva heart 😢

[@rnopes21]

Ooooffff. When she said that, it hit hard and differently.

[@cyndisbranti1594]

Eva Harts mother had 9 children and ALL had died. She meets and marries her 2nd husband and has 1 child named Eva Hart. Father takes them onto the Titanic and mother is desperately worried and begs him to not go. She pleads to sleep ONLY during the day and stay up all night worried and feeling doomed that something tragic is going to happen. 4 days later the Titanic strikes the iceberg and SHE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING. AMAZING STORY

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Cyndi, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

[@TheLeh1964]

Right? The difficulty of boarding Carpathia…my god, you survived!

[@nzgirl2105]

​@@TheLeh1964I thought the same

[@alexandrac9363]

I hope there's a Titanic movie based on Ms Eva's story. I'm sure going to see if it exists. I've only seen the one starring Leonardo.

[@janewerikhe9528]

People should learn to trust their instincts

[@joestimemachine6454]

8:41 "I saw that ship break in half". There's something haunting about that. Listening to an actual survivor who witnessed the most terrifying moments of that night really makes the history resonate and vibrate.

[@finley614]

And the fact those who said they saw it break in half where discredited for a long time until the titanic was found at which it actually showed it indeed did break in half

[@rexstanley5120]

I thought I was the only one who felt it was haunting pour women and all the others on the titanic so many people lost their life’s and the third class had a low chance cause they were deep within the ship 🥺😢

[@Amory98]

I still wonder why Lightholler in his book didn't mention such an important fact. Surely the very ship breaking in half wouldn't have escaped his attention, or the whole commotion due to it.

[@jimj1525]

@@finley614 Exactly. How arrogant can one be to make such an assertion? She was there; they weren’t.

[@williamstephens9945]

@@Amory98 Some, but not all of the survivors recalled it break, maybe because it was so dark. It was only when the wreck was discovered in 1985 that the breakup was confirmed.

[@takaono7243]

Her attitude is so wonderfully staunch and "British" right up to the moment she begins talking about her last moments with her father before he put her in the lifeboat with her mother, and then later realizing that she would never see him again. And then you can see the pain begin to creep in, and almost immediately her testimony becomes far more personal and opinionated. What a powerful and poignant interview, and what a life lived.

[@joysynmonds9082]

Some people are born to be remembered nationally.

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Great comment..

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

So BRITISH 😂 True though

[@peterscarfe3145]

Sounds very royal 😊

[@krkb13]

She has a lovely Victorian accent.

[@emilyphelan4264]

Can’t begin to imagine the panic of the passengers when there was no life boats left. The absolute fear. God bless their souls.

[@CarlosBigA09]

I agree it so sad

[@gumby7468]

There were actually 2 life boats left. The conclusion was they ran out of time to use them. Whether that’s true or not, I’ve no clue.

[@emmaphilo4049]

Very hard and sad :(

[@hectorlopez1069]

Exactly

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

The other tragedy is that of all the lifeboats “released,” most of them weren’t full, after they’d been tested to hold 40+ men.

[@sxmplysxvannah2223]

So no one is gonna talk about how she said, "And I remember that meal so well because that was the last meal the three of us ever had together." If I hadn't just woken up 5 minutes ago I would be in tears from listening to that. edit: By the way the one dislike is from the iceberg.

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

It’s off-topic, but it’s similar to Jewish males who “came of age” during the Holocaust, then went back to a concentration camp decades later for their Bar Mitzvah. Some think they are foolish/crazy/silly to go back to a place where “so much death happened,” but the celebrant always says, “this is the last place my family was together, i can feel them here.”

[@supers0nic77]

Do you get notified of dislikes? I have never gotten one nor are they ever displayed. Why have it then?

[@nzgirl2105]

🎉😂😂

[@b01p30]

​@@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697it's sad but I would do it

[@illenialLisette]

Can you imagine being called a liar when you told about how the ship broke in half? She had no reason to lie. 🤦 Bless her heart. She had been through so much.

[@FC-hj9ub]

Well her father didn't listen to her mother either, what do you expect

[@fruitsnacks12]

The missing submersible Titan has resurrected my interest in the Titanic, and this woman was an absolute treat to listen to. RIP to this great lady and to all the people who either died that night or later. And Godspeed to the people searching for Titan.

[@SHutchinson]

Me too

[@christinacreates2393]

Rip to them 😢

[@1974794]

Same here.....why is it so terribly sad and fascinating at the same time?

[@glamgal1436]

Me too

[@JohnHarris-ri4ev]

Damn me too, rest in peace to all those involved in the submersible accident.

[@mikeathens6559]

“One life is worth more than the whole ship surely.”

[@leandrotami]

It makes me happy to know this woman was so intelligent to leave a record on video of her experience. She said she was the only one who could remember it and i felt like jumping into the video, hug her and congratulate her for leaving this testimony. She probably never thought it would be so well preserved and even easily watchable by anyone in the world

[@Winter-Alpha-Omega]

When was this filmed?

[@williams4434]

@@Winter-Alpha-Omega 1993

[@silentgamer2434]

In James Cameron's Titanic theres a scene where a father says to his daughters "It's goodbye for a little while, only for a little while. There will be another boat for the daddies , this boat is for the mummies and the children" => This is what Eva Heart heard a father say to his kids as he lead them to the lifeboat she was in . Right after that the same character says " You hold on on mommy's hand and be a good little girl" => That's what Eva Hart's own father told her as the lifeboat was leaving the ship. Idk the fact that this line of dialogue actually comes from real people is just so sad.

[@mindmatter623]

That's the great thing most don't realize about Cameron's Titanic. Most everything happening around Jack and Rose and their storyline is in there for a reason. Cameron made sure to pay close attention and include as much as he could with what was factually known to have happened at the time.

[@Princesslaya90]

Amazing, I thought the part in the movie of the band playing as it sank must of been creative license but no it’s all true … absolutely mind blowing

[@msve3730]

🥺 I remember that exact scene. Titanic is my favorite movie of all times. And now learning that this little girl is now this strong woman whom lived through event after event.

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

It might be have been somewhat changed since Eva was an only child and there were 2 kids in the scene the father was talking to. But yes it seems like it’s based on Eva’s father. RIP to all who perished and survived.

[@Vanessa-ok3ys]

Ugh I remember that scene but it will hit differently now. 😞

[@12classics39]

“One life is worth more than the whole ship, surely.” No truer words have ever been spoken.

[@r.m5883]

Except lives of those in the womb. Those surely aren’t worth much in this day and age.

[@nildabridgeman8104]

They are only worthless to those who agree with & partake of that destruction of human life

[@Bonbonbon739]

It’s crazy that nobody believed that a broken half even though she was there. I bet she was so happy when they found it in 85 and she was proved right

[@K_M.G]

She is so well spoken. Lovely, intelligent lady.

[@Dillvn]

Her father was like my little girl is going to have a full life and that she did. Got her on a lifeboat right away and she went on to hit her 90s.

[@mariannp5014]

If only she knew people wld still be listening to her interview 30 yrs later. What a brave woman. She spoke of such peronal emotional things yet didnt shed a single tear. Rest in peace Ms Eva. Hope you, your mummy and daddy have found each other in heaven ❤

[@Bassocontinued]

I think it’s so disrespectful that people would argue with a literal survivor (who can fully recount the whole event) whether or not the ship broke in half. And White Star had a nasty role in that too after the disaster when they denied the breaking up of the ship in order to preserve the reputation of their company.

[@myroselle6987]

There were other survivors who believed that the ship went down intact. Second Officer Charles Lightoller believed that Titanic went down intact. It was a matter of the difference in where you were. Lightoller was stoop on Titanic when she went down and couldn’t see the “big picture”.

[@rachaelkrueger2087]

The fact that her mom had a dreadful premonition is remarkable. She stayed up all night on the titanic! But slept just fine on they way back. Wow Mother knew best her intuition was keen 😧

[@Pink_143_6]

Eva passed away in February of 1996 (London). What an amazing testimony to watch and listen to. Her memory was so sharp even all those years later being on the Titanic as a 7 year old child. 🌹

[@Jimmyboy3888]

This woman is pure class god rest her

[@robbieogle8622]

Her mother was sooooo smart and spiritually astute.

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Robbie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

[@ItsFelipe08]

Did you all notice how strong she was, she didn't shed one tear the entire time. Everything she said was so upsetting yet she kept it together.

[@michaelmontagu3979]

Very strong and interesting lady. I think her stoicism was really part of that generation. So many of them lived through such terrible times and didn't have counselling. I doubt that the younger generations would have been so strong.

[@neverforever4787]

@@michaelmontagu3979 Absolutely agree it was a characteristic of that period. I can remember my great grandparents (part of the "greatest generation") having a similar "suck it up" mentality, same goes for my grandparents. I can only imagine they learned it from their parents.

[@bobbythorman7421]

@@michaelmontagu3979 The British stiff upper lip old boy!🤨

[@michaelmontagu3979]

@@bobbythorman7421 Absolutely old chap

[@michaelmontagu3979]

@@neverforever4787 You are absolutely right. My father, born in 1915, had part of his leg blown away when covering the escape from Dunkirk. He was a prisoner of war until 1945, so had no prosthetic until then. He never grumbled about it and still swam and was as active as possible. If anyone asked him about it he would say that he was lucky as his sergeant had his head blown off.

[@resh..]

8:58 - I find it absolutely fascinating that she says that the stern of the Titanic "keeled over", and shows the motion with her hands... - The movie shows the stern upright in the water for ( as she says ), "quite a long time" but then sinks straight down... Instead of "keeling over" - I'm really grateful that Eva has described exactly what she saw, because it helps us visualise exactly how the ship sunk that night, so long ago.

[@rnopes21]

Man..... I wish I could hear her talk for hours. What a life she had. I feel that through her heartbreak, in the articulate way she shares it, we can all benefit from her perspective and her wisdom. Not just about the Titanic, but about everything really.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello 👋how are you doing?

[@leanneadams2549]

I could to ! She’s so interesting and calming in a way I can’t describe

[@VeenaMichelle]

Same!!

[@adrianahewett9557]

I feel the same way 😊

[@marysonderegger2426]

Sameeeee.... 💕☕ Could listen to her for HOURS....

[@nightflight7878]

That gave me chills like no other interview. The moment she mentions her mother, along with other women, looking for their husbands after they were picked up at sea, just floored me.

[@jimj1525]

I believe I had read somewhere that there was a male survivor (I imagine he must have been a little boy at the time of the sinking) who had to eventually move from where he lived near a stadium or ballpark because the crowd roar reminded him of the sound of the people drowning as the ship sank and afterward. My blood ran cold when I read that.

[@ant697]

His name was Frankie Goldsmith

[@jimj1525]

@@ant697 Thank you! I couldn’t recall his name. That had to be terrible, to relive that moment over and over.

[@rachelleverone9268]

There was also a Japanese man that survived and when he got back home to Japan they basically ostracized him for not following the women and children first rule

[@kristin9893]

The way she describes the silence afterwards is haunting

[@rb6289]

Here because of the sub. I keep listening to this woman. She's so soothing.

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

I have watched her interviews for almost 30 years it’s great being able to listen to her over and over on you tube. ❤

[@ryancantu2141]

THAT would have been the best Ted Talk ever:( What a cool lady with the story of a lifetime

[@brianna-reneejeanjordan9160]

I agree. I mean its scary that she could of lost her life along her with her parents but im glad she survived. Unfortunately she did pass away a month before i was born. She died from cancer 😭 God bless her soul. 🙏🏻💖

[@charleskendall6401]

I would have loved to talk with one of these titanic survivors...

[@elliptor]

In my opinion her account is probably the most accurate of all. She was a child old enough to see witness and remember exactly as things transpired without the usual embellishments more typical of adults.

[@EojinsReviews]

It's amazing how detailed and concise the testimony is. To hear this from the viewpoint of (who was then) a child is amazing.

[@nzgirl2105]

Yeah...but as you grow older your mind changes memories

[@yahussain1272]

@@nzgirl2105yea but traumatic experiences ingrain in a child’s mind. Pretty sure its accurate especially because she experienced it first hand:

[@BlackMamba92233]

Who could argue with this woman about the ship breaking in half, when she literally watched it happen

[@alyssasmith9081]

The fact that she still deliberately distinguishes that as a 7 year old her realization was 1. that he wasn't coming after me AND 2. that I'd never see him again.... Even at that age, she didn't even have the hope, or the coping mechanism of thinking, "Well, maybe he'll get on a different life boat after he helps other people?"

[@Benyikoko]

Incredible footage! I could listen to this woman for hours upon hours. It blows my mind to think she was actually on the Titanic and saw the ship break in half. It makes me realize that time goes by so fast... And the event of the Titanic sinking is only 3 or 4 generations away from our generation

[@mglangford82]

I think about this video being filmed in 1993. I was alive then and old enough to have spoken with her and would have remembered it. Blows my mind a little.

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

@@mglangford82 I would have loved to have a chat with her. She was there. She saw it all that horrible night. I would have made a video . Amazing lady. (Jan Griffiths).

[@nzgirl2105]

I can't. I hardly understand her one and only British accent

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@@nzgirl2105 Excellent speaker...very clear. Americans are not accustomed to hearing English spoken correctly.

[@macflod]

You know, it sounds like she sadly has some ptsd regarding the music, the return journey and pictures of ships! These interviews are probably very hard for her to do. She can talk about it but it probably takes a lot to prepare for it. she lost her father that night. It must be sad too, for Titanic survivors to see so many people profit from the event that shaped their lives for the worse and took their loved ones.

[@russellscott81299]

Watching this the day they anounced the titan sub imploded just off the bow of the titanic. Ironic how she says "no one had to die ifvthey just had enough life boats". People have always cut corners at the potential expense of human life. What a species we are.

[@mothermovementa]

Don't think we realise how priceless her testimony is. We know things we couldn't possibly know that the ice burg strike felt like a train pulling into a station. One couldn't have possibly guess that.

[@myleague90]

Iceberg*

[@JoJo-ns9kx]

@@myleague90 people that likes to play like auto correct pissess me off

[@myleague90]

@@JoJo-ns9kx people that types stuff in public but don't know how to spell pisses me off

[@nzgirl2105]

​@JoJo-ns9kx it is your OCD triggering the anger bro😂

[@josimpson7999]

Watching this in the aftermath of the Titan implosion. What a remarkable lady Eva Hart was, with her astonishingly clear and riveting account of her memories of Titanic. How surreal that her father and all the other lost souls of that fateful disaster, are now joined by 5 more - some 111 years later. I’m getting chills just thinking of the enormity of that. May they all RIP 🙏

[@jaysilverheals4445]

her old classic english is so captivating I watched again for about the tenth time

[@KeywasKorner]

Just WOW! The putting the children in bags and then them being placed in nets - separated from their parents in the dark and cold with all this chaos, just WOW! That, the “everyone could have survived”, and the “hearing people drowning”, and knowing her dad was on the ship that was sinking is just some of the most dreadful things I’ve heard! My God!!

[@edenstar196]

Yeah all the kids in a net ! I was like why is no one talking about this

[@KeywasKorner]

@@edenstar196 exactly! Like I rewound that 3 times & then imagined what this would have been like and was BAFFLED this was my first time hearing of this and WHY isn’t there a whole segment or documentary just on how children were evacuated. This is mind blowing!

[@Amethyst93xo]

Her resilience is truly admirable!! Strong woman. I was born in 1993 when this interview took place. Wow. Crazy how she remembers everything in detail. Rest In Peace Eva

[@midnalazuli793]

I imagine it would be hard to forget an experience like that.

[@falsedragon33]

My kids often talk like that. After about 25, everything happened like it was yesterday. The more it hurts, the more time stands still. You will have your turn too, and I'm afraid your story will make this one look dull, for humanity finds itself in trouble once again. Life is constant chaos, but oddly still beautiful.

[@MissUnderstood0080]

When your parent dies and your a child that particular day can live in your mind like it happened the day before…trust me.

[@taylorjalicia20]

Me too 1993

[@SteveRMusic93]

Same here haha 😂November 1993

[@direfranchement]

I don’t think most people really think about how terrifying this experience must have been, even with rescue. Those in the boats were waiting in the middle of the ocean in the dark of night for hours, no lights other than the stars, frigidly cold, no communication with the ship that was en route to rescue them, no certainty of rescue at all. Those women who had to have known that their husbands and fathers were dead in those icy black waters, it’s impossible to imagine their devastation.

[@toranziancentralnetwork]

One of White Star Line's ship SS Atlantic hit rocks in 1873 and it rolled over in the sea when it was sinking. Passengers had to actually sit there and wait on the side of the ship as waves washed people down.

[@DismalT0mb]

I just can’t even imagine the horror of that event. Being stuck on the dark cold water is a great fear of mine alone. But hearing the screams, the sounds of the ship breaking apart and sinking. Man the trauma of that would never go away. R.I.P. Eva Hart.

[@reacey]

"One life is worth more than the ship surely " i really hope human life still holds this amount of value

[@caranook]

This was an incredible interview. She was so sharp and well spoken, she remembers the day so clearly but keeps strong. Rest in peace, what a life she lived!

[@embeth446]

I cannot imagine the sheer terror of being in a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night and seeing that enormous vessel rise up out of the water and break in half, amidst all the screams no doubt. That is mind boggling. Eva Heart is a remarkable story teller. May she rest in peace, reunited with her father. I have to say props to the men who put their wives and children on those life boats. It must have been terrifying to put them over the side of the ship in the middle of the night not even knowing if the thing would actually sink.

[@Yetaxa]

the scariest thing that the movies never show enough is just how very dark it was. It wasn't clear to everyone that the ship broke in half because once the lights went out, all they would have seen was this huge silhouette of a ship against the backdrop of the starry night

[@AndyB1286]

R.I.P. Eva. I wonder what she would have thought if she'd known that, 30 years later, people would be watching this on the Internet (which went public in 1993, the same year this was filmed). Judging by this interview, Eva had a strength of character and a spirit for life that I admire.

[@mikej3187]

My favorite interview of all Titanic survivors. God bless Eva Hart.

[@angelamacakelly7706]

What a wonderful lady! One life is worth more than a ship, it certainly is my darling. Loved how she continuously said there would have been no deaths had there been enough life boats, she is definitely holding people accountable that's for sure! And who can blame her.

[@angelamacakelly7706]

Stephen Grey.... Enjoyed listening to you singing, you have an engaging voice 👌🏽 Yes I was YT creeping 🙄

[@MARYWTHER]

It's especially easy to be angry when the White Starline never really took responsability - or real blame - for what happened. They even had the crew's families pay for their uniforms (in which they died?) because said uniforms were ranted for the trip...

[@bobbyheenan4061]

I don't know if more life boats would've made much of a difference. They didn't even launch all the life boats they did have because there wasn't enough time. At first, many people didn't want to get in the boats because it was so cold out and they didn't realize the enormity of the crisis. I doubt the Californian could've sone much to help either - How would they have gotten 2000 people off Titanic, ferry them over, and then get them aboard the Californian in 2.5 hours? People climbing up and down rope ladders in the bitter cold in the middle of the night in the middle of the ocean would've been a very slow process and most people would've been in a state of panic. The ship was doomed and so were most of her passengers and crew.

[@joshuagrover795]

Eva Hart's memory in 1993 is remarkable considering she was 88 years old she looked in fantastic health, very refined lady but easy to understand.

[@englishtea1057]

@@bobbyheenan4061 The Titanic took about 2.5 hours to sink. That was plenty of time. The Titanic’s sister ship, The Britanic, sunk in less than 30 minutes and almost everyone on board survived. The only people to die during the sinking of the Britanic were those that got sucked into the ship’s propellers.

[@melodyvalentine8779]

I watch this about once a year. I've always been fascinated with Titanic and have watched and read just about everything there is to on the subject. Eva Hart died on my birthday, 14th of February, and my daughter is called Eva. I didn't name her after Eva Hart but I'm glad she's got a name of a brilliant, strong woman. I've only just really picked up on the fact she calls herself a coward at one point, I know it was just a flippant remark and it's very much of her generation to think you have to show no fear or emotion but I wish she knew she wasn't a coward at all. Quite the opposite. She probably had undiagnosed ptsd and looking at photos of the ship going down, or drawings I should say, in books was a major trigger for her. Imagine being 7 and one night you suddenly get woken up from your sleep to be taken out into the freezing cold sea to watch the ship you've just been on, and your dad is still on, sink in the most violent way while there's people screaming and crying then having to listen to people drowning and trying to get into your boat. It's quite literally horror, that's true horror, not ghosts in films and stuff. I imagine you'd have nightmares for the rest of your life. I bet she would be mind blown to think there's people who are paying 250k to go down to the Titanic in a submersible all these years later. She's so right about one life being worth more than the entire ship. RIP Eva Hart and everyone who was on board that night.

[@elisabethgeiger2129]

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[@claytonhosty9876]

Such a beautiful woman. A miracle she survived this. Im so glad she had the chance to live a full life. I hope she was reunited with the spirit of her father in 1996. Goodbye Eva♥️

[@VladSicoe]

I love listening to survivors telling their stories. They're so much different than anything portrayed in media, because of small details they remember...

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Absolutely..The media always put there own little spin on things to make it more dramatic..

[@alexandrag719]

absolutely, it's so raw it's so real. I actually forget to breathe.

[@kevinfan726]

Imagine sitting in a lifeboat, watching Titanic break in half and sink...with your beloved Daddy on board. I bawl just thinking of what people endured.

[@agquaproductions9361]

It is so sickening. I am scared of life because of the gamble of experiences that one could experience. I don't ever want to experience anything like this.

[@ognjennovakov9355]

What a woman, what a magnificent lady.. Survived such a horror, went home straight away on the boat again, and just mentioning multiple times that no one could lose their life if there we're enough of life boats proves that she was a good, honest person. Rest in peace.

[@Trevorjennings679]

Hello Pretty, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

[@christinamcilwaine350]

Rest In Peace Eva Hart 🙏💕🙏 🧊🚢🌌🕚

[@math_mommy1974]

❤

[@brianna-reneejeanjordan9160]

I agree. May god bless her soul 🙏🏻💖🙏🏻

[@capralmarines4043]

What's with the silly emojis?

[@FelixlovesGod]

Her mom was so right her intuition told her

[@veggielover100]

Imagine being on the ship and witnessing what happened and somebody who wasn’t there arguing w/ you about it. Sad!!

[@joelmiller2913]

This woman is so important to the history of titanic

[@Nina-bh5jj]

I feel so awful for her mother too, all that heartbreak and finally some happiness and suddenly shes struck with horrific tragedy again

[@jules3048]

I think it’s so commendable that she refused to say the ship she saw was any particular ship cause she simply didn’t know and didn’t cave to others pressure to say it was a particular ship. Even if it makes sense that it probably was. She, herself, didn’t know for sure. So many, including myself sometimes, let others sway them into saying something because they feel pressured to. good for her for sticking to it and not being bullied into answering something she couldn't feel she knew the answer to.

[@myroselle6987]

I think she has said in other interviews that she believed that the ship was “Californian”.

[@meganalguire1238]

She’s handles all of this with such grace, I could listen to her speaking all day.

[@samt6788]

She would have been just amazing to talk to in person. The way she told her story is incredible.

[@millers3888]

14:31 “It isn’t blurred, it’s all shadowed..” that’s exactly how I remember being a 10 year old in NYC during 9/11

[@lachatnoir1127]

Eva died aged 91 3 years after this interview. Rip

[@miracleboyboxing]

Didn't she passed in 09? She was 97

[@lachatnoir1127]

Internet says she died in 96 at age 91. It could be wrong though

[@miracleboyboxing]

@@lachatnoir1127 Nah your right I'm just confusing her with Maville Dean who passed in 09 the youngest survivor age 97

[@supers0nic77]

Wow the youngest survivor was just a baby then

[@fmyoung]

@@miracleboyboxing That was Millvina Dean

[@rebeccaroderick7826]

One life is worth more than a ship xxx what a courageous, beautiful woman xxx

[@chrism.4600]

I dont know why, and I’m not saying it as a bad thing, but I have a soft spot in my heart for elderly, I find a need to stop dead in my tracks, to hear what they have to say, a few of my family members wrote off my grandmother, and made weird faces when she would talk, but I always paid attention to her, and loved when she spoke, this woman reminds me of my grandmother, (without the English accent of course). What a sweet lady, must of been very hard for her to say goodbye to her father while boarding the life boat knowing full well she would never see him again.

[@amyjo18]

I've always had a heart for the elderly as well.....so much knowledge and wisdom stored in those feeble bodies. God bless you for caring about your grandma and always paying attention to her! This woman reminds me of my grandma too.....I was thinking about the resemblance as I watched. RIP to them all. 💜🕊

[@triciac1019]

You probably learned more about her than the rest of the family.

[@fizarrah]

Her and her mother both are strong women. She said before all this her mother had lost nine children and then she went through this with her only child!!! Can you imagine omg that woman could probably scare me if she wanted. That’s a brave and strong woman to go through so much and still sleep. I can’t even sleep now. People just aren’t cut from that type of fabric anymore, now they cry over spilt milk. Jesus this was horrifying for everyone on that ship!!! So horrible!! I couldn’t imagine what all she heard and what they saw 😭

[@joancramer3675]

If we know Him we will see some of them who prayed to Him.

[@beyondparanormalaustralia2425]

People are very strong when they have to be . We never know who goes through what. Which is why we should respect everyone. They are amazing people

[@fizarrah]

@@beyondparanormalaustralia2425 that’s so true. Some people do slide through, but most people do have many struggles they fight and overcome that don’t show on the outside! That’s why I always try to be nice to everyone.

[@FC-hj9ub]

And all the men around her with morons

[@johnforeman634]

Wow, listen to how sharp this lady is. Her mind is thinking as well as a young person! How sad that this great lady is no longer with us.

[@dbdecibel9381]

My uncle meet a danish survivor, that every year on that specific date and night, would sit in her nightdress the whole night through to remember all the family she lost onboard the Titanic. When she died she was buried in that very dress she wore on Titanic.

[@jasonsturges3540]

I had family on the Titanic. I never knew them but my relatives got on lifeboat #7 and survived the disaster. Even before i was aware that i had relatives on the ship, I always found the disaster fascinating. Loved the 1997 movie as well.

[@nodawnnoday34]

I feel so much for her. What a horrible horrible traumatic experience. Such an articulate woman

[@oxyfee6486]

I visit a relative at a care home twice a week, I wish schools would tap into the wealth of knowledge that these elderly people have, they sit wasting away, just longing for people to listen to them. They have so much to give, yet they sit forgotten.

[@rogersalles200]

Many are so fascinated with the story of Titanic but hearing Eva Hart talk about that incredible sad night really touches the human heart, these people went through hell that night, RIP Eva Hart, your legend will leave on.

[@mehmetokay7073]

The wreck of the Titan brought me here. Eva saw the Titanic break in half. "And one life is worth more than the whole ship surely."

[@darlenejohnson2662]

What great historian. I loved listening to her tell the story.

[@clairemora7715]

The fact that a ship saw the titanic and passengers sink and did not help is heartbreaking. The communication between all "nearby" ships and the Titanic was also dreadful. the only good thing that came out of this tragic experience is that ships and boats improved communication drastically.

[@triciac1019]

They did a lot of research on why that ship didn't respond. There is a form of mirage that makes it look like things are floating in the air. There is another form that makes the bottom part of objects disappear. The Titanic probably saw a much shorter version of the iceberg until they were right on it. What that other ship saw didn't match the size of what they knew of the Titanic either. They saw a much smaller ship. The flairs they saw they thought was some sort of firework display. Because the size didn't match up, they didn't respond.

[@mbosstudios8852]

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[@mbosstudios8852]

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[@nebtheweb8885]

@@triciac1019 A Fata Morgana is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon. However, I've never heard of one being seen at night.

[@kvietimas]

I admire the stoicism and self composure of people from Eva's generation. So glad her memories were recorded. It gave me chills when she talked about the silence after Titanic sunk...

[@justathoughtmyfriend1403]

Eva's story is always engrained in my memory. Her recollection of what happened, her analysis of it, the lessons she teaches from it, and just her overall wisdom in general is fascinating and admirable. In spite of her traumatic experience, she has a very joyful, yet to the point energy about her that gives so much rationale about why we should cherish our elders and the experiences they have to share and teach us about.

[@emmas5000]

This is amazing. She’s so eloquent when she speaks. It’s crazy to think that one day someone might talk like this about other terrible events, such as 9/11 etc

[@ariannasantina]

love how she remembers the little dog. we dont even think about the animal lives lost. as she said and ive heard there were actually many pets that were also travelling aboard Titanic whos lives were likely ALL lost as well :(

[@sarinirangedera7476]

so sad exactly people dont talk about the poor animals that also died, beyond heartbreaking

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

Madeline Astor’s dog died on the Titanic as well. I read somewhere she sat in the lifeboat watching the poor doggy pacing back and forth. She would never speak of the ordeal for the rest of her life. How sad for her. 😢

[@FelixlovesGod]

She had a really kind soul and she is an amazing storyteller ❤️

[@rhyswood8257]

Hat's off to this lady. She called herself a coward for not being able to look at pictures etc. You're not a coward love, to think of the ptsd these people suffered and their loss. And they had to just deal with it. Everything she's lived through and her spirit, i commemd her. If i had half the stomach, integrity and spirit this lady has. May the lord bless you and keep you. R.I.P Eva Heart ❤

[@whitleykillerface]

Her mother's intuition was strong! I would of been paranoid as well.

[@neverforever4787]

So sad that her mother lost all nine of her children from her 1st marriage, my 2x great grandmother (b. 1855 in New York City) had thirteen children and eight of them predeceased her - she herself was the only one of her five siblings to survive childhood. Unbelievable how high infant and child mortality was back then

[@johnwoods7650]

What a great interview with a woman who had such an active brain.

[@Mxryh4]

Just finished reading her book .. what a wonderful and remarkable lady, she had such a great and loving personality! She remembers things so well despite the fact she was so young when it all happened. I can’t even imagine to live with this kind of trauma, it’s sad knowing and seeing these events haunted them for the rest of their lives .. what an absolute nightmare. 💔

[@tagyouritification]

What was the title of her book ?

[@Mxryh4]

@@tagyouritification It’s called: A Girl Aboard the Titanic!

[@tonl4738]

It is amazing to hear this recounted by Eva. A most important aspect of it is that there was premonition by the mother, and it seems that Eva had that too. I think I had heard others also had that premonition and didn't go on the trip. Still such an interesting story!

[@CarlosBorrell]

I could spend hours listening her. I remember my wife's grandmother, we used to go to eat with her and her grandfather. I could spend hours listening to her talk about her memories of the Spanish civil war, she was an inexhaustible source of stories. Her way of talking about, expressing, of transmitting to you... I loved that woman. Something similar happens to me with Eva Hart, I could spend hours listening to her and asking her questions, listening carefully to every last detail. God bless her.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Amazing lady, telling us history of Titanic disaster.

[@gj5990]

I could listen to her all day. Wow. What all she’d endured.