"After doing his part to rescue as many people as he could [Charles ] Joughin hit the bottle and he hit it hard. He was drinking for at least an hour and he was drinking the good stuff. Yet he wasn't done helping. Hearing the thousands of screams from the water, Joughin began throwing deck chairs and furniture into the water giving those in the freezing water something to hold onto. As the ship began to buckle Joughin made his way to the stern of the ship. As portrayed in Titanic, Joughin drank until the ship went under, riding it down until it sank. He claims that his head never went under water and survived form 2 to 3 hours just treading water until he was rescued. He was eventually rescued by a returning lifeboat and then made his way onto the safety of the Carpathia.
After the disaster, Joughin returned to England. He was called to testify to the British Inquiry Board about the events on April 15, 1912. However, Joughin continued to work in the shipping industry. He worked on several ships operated by the American Export Lines and even served on Liberty Ships during WWII. He would also go on to help Walter Lord when he was writing A Night to Remember. He would live in Paterson, New Jersey for the remainder of his life and die at the ripe old age of 78 in 1956. Joughin died not being the last survivor but the last person to touch and leave Titanic."
http://mikethehistoryguy.blogspot.ie/2012/04/how-booze-saved-my-life-charles-joughin.html?m=1
As an additional detail, Charles Joughin was downing top shelf schnapps for at least an hour before spending upwards of three hours in -2° C water. Most people will die of temperature shock when immersed in such cold water. However after the first ~90 seconds, temperature shock wears off and humans are expected to die within 90 minutes from hypothermia.
So if you're ever trapped on a sinking luxury liner in the north Atlantic, get snookered on schnapps!"
"After doing his part to rescue as many people as he could [Charles ] Joughin hit the bottle and he hit it hard. He was drinking for at least an hour and he was drinking the good stuff. Yet he wasn't done helping. Hearing the thousands of screams from the water, Joughin began throwing deck chairs and furniture into the water giving those in the freezing water something to hold onto. As the ship began to buckle Joughin made his way to the stern of the ship. As portrayed in Titanic, Joughin drank until the ship went under, riding it down until it sank. He claims that his head never went under water and survived form 2 to 3 hours just treading water until he was rescued. He was eventually rescued by a returning lifeboat and then made his way onto the safety of the Carpathia.
After the disaster, Joughin returned to England. He was called to testify to the British Inquiry Board about the events on April 15, 1912. However, Joughin continued to work in the shipping industry. He worked on several ships operated by the American Export Lines and even served on Liberty Ships during WWII. He would also go on to help Walter Lord when he was writing A Night to Remember. He would live in Paterson, New Jersey for the remainder of his life and die at the ripe old age of 78 in 1956. Joughin died not being the last survivor but the last person to touch and leave Titanic."
http://mikethehistoryguy.blogspot.ie/2012/04/how-booze-saved-my-life-charles-joughin.html?m=1
As an additional detail, Charles Joughin was downing top shelf schnapps for at least an hour before spending upwards of three hours in -2° C water. Most people will die of temperature shock when immersed in such cold water. However after the first ~90 seconds, temperature shock wears off and humans are expected to die within 90 minutes from hypothermia.
So if you're ever trapped on a sinking luxury liner in the north Atlantic, get snookered on schnapps!"
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