Titanic! - Pearson
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Seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer<br />
was on the <strong>Titanic</strong> after a vacation<br />
in Europe with his parents.<br />
A Passenger’s Story<br />
Part 1<br />
I don’t think<br />
I’ll be bored<br />
on this ship!<br />
He used the ship’s<br />
swimming pool every day.<br />
A ship with a<br />
swimming<br />
pool!<br />
On Sunday evening, while<br />
his parents ate dinner with<br />
the captain, Jack ate alone.<br />
Excuse me. Can<br />
I have a light?<br />
Of course.<br />
The two<br />
young men<br />
talked for a<br />
long time.<br />
This ship’s<br />
wonderful, isn’t it?<br />
I was on a ship<br />
that sank once. It<br />
was near Alaska.<br />
The man’s name was Milton Long. He was<br />
traveling home to the United States, too.<br />
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