George Washington Vanderbilt II Changed His Plans Last Minute
George Washington Vanderbilt II was Cornelius Vanderbilt’s grandson and heir to the Vanderbilt fortune. He was supposed to be on the Titanic, but after talking to his sister-in-law about the probable dangers of traveling on a ship on its maiden voyage, he changed his mind a few days before it sailed. However, he did send his bags and one of his servants aboard the Titanic. The servant, a second-class guy (the group on the ship with the highest mortality rate), perished.
George Washington Vanderbilt II Changed His Plans Last Minute
Theodore Dreiser Nearly Met Disaster
Famous author Theodore Dreiser similarly modified his plans and did not join the ship, instead opting for a less expensive option recommended by his publisher. “To think of a ship as immense as the Titanic, new and bright, sinking in endless fathoms of water,” he wrote after the Titanic’s disaster. And the 2,000 people who were dragged like rats from their sleepers just to float hopelessly in miles of sea, begging and crying!”
Theodore Dreiser Nearly Met Disaster