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DoomGoober t1_j5iktxk wrote

Reply to comment by Careful_Yannu in TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life. by ChadExtra

I was watching a documentary: lowering lifeboats and releasing them was extremely dangerous and lifeboats have gone through multiple different designs of lowering systems and releases to increase safety for both the passengers and the crew operating them.

One release system was well known (and feared) by crew because it was famous for cutting fingers off if operated incorrectly.

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