“The musicians had played on the deck as the ship went down. They had forfeited their lives for the sake of others. They had played the tunes of hymns to induce a spirit of peace and calm. They were heroic.”

—  Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 13

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