The man in white, next to Rose and Jack, clutching the railing as the ship went vertical before it finally sank was a real person. He was the Chief Baker for the ship named Charles Joughin. He survived and has one of the most notable survival stories. He was able to stay alive in the water for an extraordinarily long time, a couple hours, treading water and clutching to debris. At daybreak he finally saw a lifeboat (Collapsible B) and swam to it. But it was partially filled with water and there was no room for him. So he clung, half in/half out with his legs dangling in the water until a second lifeboat came by. He swam to that and was pulled in. The only damage he suffered was swollen feet. This was the second time he had survived a shipwreck, also being in aboard the SS Oregon in 1886 (which also only had enough lifeboats for half the people on board.) He died in 1956.

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