These Images From The Titanic Were Kept Hidden, Until Now

Chairman of the White Star Line and Titanic survivor Joseph Bruce Ismay

Joseph Ismay was the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. He was known as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking. He claimed he assisted people boarding the lifeboats.

He testified that about 20 minutes before the ship sank, he stepped aboard Collapsible C, and in the ship’s final moments, he turned away. He was picked up about 3-4 hours later. “Ismay was staring straight ahead, shaking like a leaf. Even when I spoke to him, he paid absolutely no attention. I have never seen a man so completely wrecked.” —–Jack Thayer