Meanwhile, hundreds of frozen bodies floated nearby where ... the lifeboats onto the ship. These photos show how the Carpathia saved a fraction of the Titanic's passengers from the icy sea.

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When the Titanic sank at approximately 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, its survivors didn't know if, or when, rescue would come. They sat, waiting, unknowing for an hour and a half in the dark, frigid ...