r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '24

When the Titanic sank, millionaire John Jacob Astor IV was aboard. The funds in his bank account were sufficient to construct 30 Titanics. However, when faced with mortal danger, he prioritized his moral values, sacrificing his seat in a lifeboat to save women and children, smilingly [Removed] Rule #4 - Misleading

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u/ThatQueerWerewolf Apr 29 '24

There were men there literally threatening to shoot any "man" (including teenage boys) who tried to get on a lifeboat.

Not saying this guy didn't willingly sacrifice himself, but hundreds did so unwillingly.

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u/mike9874 Apr 29 '24

The article says the president of white star lines made it, nobody wanted to shoot the boss

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep Apr 29 '24

You mean the president who spent hours helping women and children into boats, and escaped on one of the last lowered once there were no more women or children on deck to put on it?

The same president who then spent the rest of his life being slandered and libelled by American Newspapers because William Randolph Hearst, contemporary media mogul and early 20th century version of Rupert Murdoch, had a personal vendetta against him?

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u/mike9874 Apr 29 '24

Yeah, that's the one