It was 2:05 when Captain Smith entered the shack for the last time: “Men, you have done your full duty. You can do no more. Abandon your cabin. Now it’s every man for himself.” Phillips looked up for a second, then bent over the set once more. Captain Smith tried again, “You look out for yourselves. I release you.” A pause, then he added softly, “That’s the way of it at this kind of time ...”

