▁crew ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁launch ▁the ▁boat ▁before ▁it ▁was ▁was hed ▁off ▁the ▁deck ▁ups ide ▁down . ▁B ride ▁was ▁also ▁was hed ▁off ▁the ▁deck ▁and ▁found ▁himself ▁beneath ▁the ▁over turn ed ▁boat . ▁He ▁sw am ▁out ▁from ▁under ▁and ▁clim bed ▁onto ▁the ▁boat , ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁fifteen ▁other ▁men ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁surv ive , ▁although ▁the ▁col laps ible ▁was ▁water log ged ▁and ▁slowly ▁s inking . ▁B ride ▁and ▁the ▁others ▁on ▁B ▁were ▁later ▁assist ed ▁into ▁other ▁lif eb o ats ▁and ▁were ▁eventually ▁taken ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁R MS ▁Car path ia . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁Car path ia , ▁the ▁seriously ▁injured ▁B ride ▁rest ed , ▁and ▁later ▁helped ▁the ▁Car path ia ' s ▁wireless ▁operator , ▁Harold ▁C ott am , ▁send ▁out ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁personal ▁messages ▁from ▁the ▁surv iv ors . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Encyclopedia ▁T itan ica : ▁" In c ident ally , ▁B ride ▁and ▁C ott am ▁had ▁met ▁before ▁the ▁dis aster ▁and ▁were ▁good ▁friends . ▁After ▁the ▁tra ged y ▁they ▁stayed ▁in ▁contact ▁for ▁many ▁years ." ▁ ▁Post - T itan ic ▁ ▁B ride , ▁who ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁carried ▁off ▁the ▁Car path ia ▁because ▁of ▁inj uries ▁to ▁his ▁feet ▁( one ▁was ▁badly ▁sp rained , ▁the ▁other ▁fro st bit ten ), ▁was ▁met ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁by ▁G ug li el mo ▁Mar