After putting on their lifebelts, the two men went on deck and began helping crew members fill the lifeboats with women and children, in what they initially believed was a precautionary exercise.
Tras poñerse os seus chalecos salvavidas, os dous homes foron á cuberta e axudaron aos membros da tripulación a encher os botes con mulleres e nenos, no que nun comezo pensaban era só un exercicio de precaución.