The lifeboat badge

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0:22:49 > 0:25:56.

0:26:07 > 0:26:08Well, this little badge

0:26:08 > 0:26:11was worn by a first-class steward

0:26:11 > 0:26:13on board the Titanic.

0:26:13 > 0:26:18He would've worn the badge during a lifeboat drill, to tell passengers

0:26:18 > 0:26:21which boat station they had been assigned to.

0:26:21 > 0:26:22Every White Star liner,

0:26:22 > 0:26:24every Sunday at noon,

0:26:24 > 0:26:26held a lifeboat drill.

0:26:26 > 0:26:28But on that particular Sunday,

0:26:28 > 0:26:30for some reason, Captain Smith cancelled the drill.

0:26:30 > 0:26:33So, when the Titanic struck the iceberg,

0:26:33 > 0:26:35I don't think those passengers

0:26:35 > 0:26:37truly understood the gravity of the situation.

0:26:37 > 0:26:40Boats did leave the ship,

0:26:40 > 0:26:42the failure is they weren't properly filled.

0:26:42 > 0:26:45There were 700 extra spaces available.

0:26:45 > 0:26:50We go to all the trouble of training people to launch lifeboats.

0:26:50 > 0:26:52We even make a badge for them.

0:26:52 > 0:26:56Not holding a lifeboat drill was a fatal flaw.