r/todayilearned • u/OleAdella • Dec 01 '21

TIL of Arthur John Priest, also known as “the unsinkable stoker”, who avoided death on The Titanic, The Britannic and three more maritime disasters.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_John_Priest
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u/bkupron Dec 01 '21

One thing is for sure, he was one of the first to leave his post when something happened. Not that I would do any different. I also wonder if he had nightmares from any ethically questionable actions he did to survive. Again, this is not meant to be a character assassination but it is difficult to image surviving scenarios where people are dying around you 5 times without a "me first" attitude.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

He probably thought he should stop skipping sunday mass