Who should you save first on a sinking ship?
Who should you save first on a sinking ship? The sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago, where three times more women survived than men, popularized this unwritten law of the sea, because the captain ordered that women and children went into the lifeboats first.
Who is the last person to get off a sinking ship?
The tradition says that the captain should be the last person to leave their ship alive before its sinking, and if they're unable to evacuate the crew and passengers from the ship, the captain will choose not to save himself even if he has an opportunity to do so.