Monday, April 15th, 2019 marks the 107th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic 500 kilometres southeast of Newfoundland. Below, a repost of a 2017 feature about one of the disaster’s most unlikely survivors: Chief baker Charles Joughin. The first stage of cold water immersion is known as “cold shock,” the horrifying sensation of having the skin cool. Thus, many people thrown into the sea assume that cold shock is the icy grip of death closing around them. Although he gave few interviews, the comic relief of the “drunk baker” has featured in multiple fictionalized accounts of the disaster, including the 1997 blockbuster Titanic.

Source: National Post April 15, 2019 16:18 UTC