He stayed on the sinking Titanic, helping Charles Lightoller fill the boats with women and children until every lifeboat had departed. He then launched the collapsible boats with the remaining crew.

The most famous Titanic survivor ... He placed the children in the last lifeboat to depart, Collapsible D, but went down with ...

The fourth was for show! Titanic crew had been warned about icebergs but the ship kept up speed to get to New York quickly. There were only twenty lifeboats on board Titanic. There were not enough ...