As a consequence, 74% of the women and 52% of the children on board were saved, but only 20% of the men. Some officers on the Titanic misinterpreted the order from Captain Smith, and tried to prevent men from boarding the lifeboats. It was intended that women and children would board first, with any remaining free spaces for men. Because not all women and children were saved on the Titanic, the few men who survived, like White Star official J. Bruce Ismay, were initially branded as cowards.
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In similar situations do you think you would personally hold the same line of thinking where the women and children get rescued first?
Personally, I am of the opinion of first come, first serve. My life is not worth less any of theirs.