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Just Talk: who was the coolest person to go down on the titanic?

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      CommentAuthorackaraga
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2007
     

    second officer charles lightoller

    As the ship sank and Lightoller was thrown into the sea, one of the massive funnels broke free and hit the water, washing Lightoller against Collapsible B, one of two collapsible lifeboats the crew had been unable to launch prior to the sinking. That lifeboat had been overturned when the funnel hit the water and panic had erupted as desperate men clawed their way aboard. Lightoller was able to calm and organize the survivors. He brought aboard some thirty men on the overturned boat and settled in to await rescue. During the night the sea began to rise and Lightoller led the men in shifting their weight with the swells so that their craft would not be swamped. Had they not done this, they would have been thrown into the frigid water again. The men kept this up at his direction for hours in the freezing weather until they were finally rescued by another lifeboat.

    if i remember my walter lord right, he actually was on the bridge with the captain and etc as the ship went under the water. and as the windows cracked and water came in, the remaining air went rushing out and pulled lightoller to the surface with it. therefore not only was he the ranking survivor but he also technically went down with the ship. and then came back up. coolest.

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