The Drunk Baker Who Beat the Titanic Charles Joughin was Titanic's chief baker. When the ship sank, he drank whiskey. He rode the stern down like an elevator. He stepped into 28-degree water. He treaded water for two hours. His only injury: swollen feet.
Source
Encyclopedia Titanica, biography of Charles Joughin; also Walter Lord, 1955, 'A Night to Remember'
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