A summary writing about the loss of the Titanic from NCE The titanic began to sink, slow at first. The order to abandon the ship was unexpected, everyone including crew memebers were unprepared. The immidiate effect was panic and condusion, people who were just now sleeping in night clothes or admiring the brilliant night sky were rushing in all directions. The crew came up below and lowered the lifeboats. It was the case of women and children first, but soon as the people found out that the space offered by lifeboats was not enough, they jumped overboard into the icy water. Some of them struggled to get close to the lifeboats; however, most of them were already full. The Taitanic sank rapidly, people who were in the freezing water cried in despair while the lifeboats floating away. They were left to drown in the ocean.