Remembering History: Charles Joughin, Titanic’s chief baker. After forcibly throwing reluctant women and children into lifeboats (thereby saving their lives), he rode down on the stern of the ship like an elevator as it sank, stepping off the railing into the below-freezing water and surviving for over two hours (reportedly barely feeling the cold thanks to the alcohol he had been drinking) before being taken into a lifeboat. He survived the disaster with swollen feet but otherwise unscathed.

Charles Joughin, Titanic’s chief baker. After forcibly throwing reluctant women and children into lifeboats (thereby saving their lives), he rode down on the stern of the ship like an elevator as it sank, stepping off the railing into the below-freezing water and surviving for over two hours (reportedly barely feeling the cold thanks to the alcohol he had been drinking) before being taken into a lifeboat. He survived the disaster with swollen feet but otherwise unscathed.

Charles Joughin, Titanic’s chief baker. After forcibly throwing reluctant women and children into lifeboats (thereby saving their lives), he rode down on the stern of the ship like an elevator as it sank, stepping off the railing into the below-freezing water and surviving for over two hours (reportedly barely feeling the cold thanks to the alcohol he had been drinking) before being taken into a lifeboat. He survived the disaster with swollen feet but otherwise unscathed.