A Scottish nurse who survived the
sinking of the Lusitania said in a filmed interview, which I saw
many years ago, that what was in her mind when she realized that the
ship was sinking was that now the oranges on her dresser would roll
over to her roommate's side of the room.
She laughed as she said it and then
said “That's what I was thinking about.”
That interview struck me strongly at
the time and I've often remembered it over the years. Her humor in
retrospect of horror, her candor about her concern over the oranges
rolling to her roommate's side of the room, and her laughter, formed
a sort of archetypal image that still gives me delight to this day.
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