Yet after a few minutes discussion, Ismay and other senior managers rejected the proposal.

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Frances Wilson: The crucial difference, as far as Ismay was concerned, was one of role.

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Bruce Ismay, and then issued a press release describing his heroism.

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Bruce Ismay, head of the company that operated the Titanic, to remain on deck, trying to help the rescue effort, then suddenly decide to abandon ship.

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Ismay saw himself as a man who belonged to no particular group, and therefore as someone who could act according to personal will rather than social expectation.

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Ismay left the ship, I believe, because he fell through all the important categories, but also because he had no identification with those men on board who were lighting up their last cigarettes and preparing to die.

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