I read that a lot of students sank with the ship because they were told to stay in place because help was coming..........
If he was responsible, then it makes sense. While I never have viewed suicide as anything but an offense against God, at least he had a sense of honor and was capable of shame. What a horrible thing, sitting on that island knowing that he sent hundreds of students in his charge to their deaths.
Also turns out that the Captain was one of the first people off the ship, and he is safe and dry—until the parents of those drowned students get ahold of him.
Students told to stay in place? Sounds eerily similar to the chicago catholic school fire in 1959(?) when students were told to stay at their desks.