Citizen Samaritans and Public Perils

A cruise ship strikes an iceberg in the middle of the night, and the ship starts taking on water at an alarming rate. This vessel wasn't like the ships of yesteryear. It was even believed to be unsinkable...until now. While the crew has been trained to serve and care for the passengers generally, nothing like this was anticipated. Suddenly we face the potential for mass scale disaster where only moments ago such a catastrophe would have been thought as consigned to the misadventures of historical record, eradicated by the steady march of science and technology

Aeronautics · Crew · Cruise · Geography · Iceberg · Meteorology · Nothing · Political science · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Ethics in medical practice · Health and Conflict Studies · History · Law · Philosophy