ldquo Come at once We have struck a berg rdquo Those were the first words Harold Cottam the wireless operator on the RMS Carpathia received from the sinking RMS Titanic at a m on April The Carpathia would be the first ship to the disaster scene saving lives nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp In the US Senate hearings days later the Carpathia rsquo s captain Arthur Rostron testified ldquo The whole thing was absolutely providential The wireless operator was in his cabin at the time not on official business [... more]