333    HIGH ANGLE – TITANIC – DAY                                                                              333

 

            The sea tugs arrive.  Big and heavy and ready for business.  They lay to, one on each side of the Titanic’s bow.

 

334    INT. TITANIC LOUNGE                                                                                            334

 

            BUTERA, the tug boat captain, is speaking to Sandecker and Pitt.

 

BUTERA

                                                                        I don’t care how rough the weather

                                                                        is.  These aren’t harbor tugs we’re

                                                                        driving.  They’re deep-sea bulldogs.

                                                                        We could tow Puerto Rico all the

                                                                        way to Montreal if we wanted to.

 

PITT

                                                                        What’s the latest report on the

                                                                        storm?

 

SANDECKER

                                                                        Due to hit in twenty-four hours.

                                                                        Maybe less.

 

PITT

                                                                        Okay, Commander.  Hitch ‘em up.

 

SANDECKER

                                                                        I think we’d better order the

                                                                        salvage fleet to hightail it out

                                                                        of here.  If they head straight

                                                                        west, they’ll miss the worst of

                                                                        the storm.

 

PITT

                                                                        All except the destroyer.

 

SANDECKER

                                                                        That’ RIGHT.  We need somebody

                                                                        to keep us company.

 

335    HIGH ANGLE                                                                                                              335

 

            We SEE the tugs getting into position, the cable being rigged and the support craft moving away from the

            Titanic.

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