When Titanic was Sinking When the captain had known the ship was sinking rapidly, he ordered to abandon the ship immediately, but the order was unexpected, everyone was unprepared. All the people stopped laughing and dancing, they began to rush from all directions. Every corner of the ship was full of panic and confusion, at the same time, the crew came up from below, helping people lowered the lifeboats down. Many people jumped overboard and struggled to get into lifeboats, soon the lifeboats were full. The Titanic sank rapidly, most of passengers were in water, only few people in lifeboats. The people not only sat in lifeboats but straggled in water were crying and despairing. After one hour ago, people who sat in the lifeboats were moved away and been rescued, leaving the left 1500 people in water.