Lookout, Fredrick Fleet, spots an iceberg. One of the officers changes the course of the ship so that the side of the iceberg scrapes the side of the ship. She has been punctured in six different spots. It comes in fast. When the captain finds out he stops the ship.
People notice that something is happening.
Officers and stewards uncover lifeboats, and tell people to put on their lifebelts. People laugh and joke. Some obey the orders and do as they are told. Officers begin to load up the lifeboats. The people are now getting nervous.