This affects his choice to boost the ship’s speed to make headlines (whether this increase in speed really occurred is strongly challenged; see RMS Titanic); it is later represented in the present that this was due tto his long expertise causing him to conclude that anything large enough to sink Titanic could be visible early enough in order for them to avoid it. He pulls away to the bridge as the boat sinks, expirig when water bursts through the windows while clinging to the ship’s (...)