Reverend Edwards was the first one to break the silence, "lets see now…we can take all our raincoats and sew them into some sort of boat". Everyone in the church group immediately lost faith in God. How could a man they had trusted come up with such a lame idea? Here they were, twelve of the best members of the church stuck in the middle of Lake Superior, in the dark of the night, in a boat that was about ready to capsize and go completely underwater, and this was the best he could do. Margaret Atwater took control. She ordered everyone to throw any heavy objects overboard as quick as possible. Next, she asked Emily and Lisa to clear out a ten by ten-foot area on the far side of the boat. Hurry she shouted to the others…go get your sewing kits.