The women and children were prioritized above men, but the class or social status still had a play on which the person got on a lifeboat or not. One of the children, Master Frank Philip Aks, was one of the few that was rescued. Aks was traveling with his mother to finally reunite with his father, whom had started a life in America. Aks was rescued in lifeboat 11 while his mother was on lifeboat 13. There were at least 20 lifeboats on the Titanic, Aks and his mother were on one of the earlier lifeboats because of Aks age and his mother’s gender. Not only were they of the right age and gender, they were middle class, and was thought of more importance than the lower class. The majority of the lower class men was locked down below the boat; not even given the chance to survive. There were a percentage of seventy-six lives lost of the third class; while the second class had at the most fifty-eight
The women and children were prioritized above men, but the class or social status still had a play on which the person got on a lifeboat or not. One of the children, Master Frank Philip Aks, was one of the few that was rescued. Aks was traveling with his mother to finally reunite with his father, whom had started a life in America. Aks was rescued in lifeboat 11 while his mother was on lifeboat 13. There were at least 20 lifeboats on the Titanic, Aks and his mother were on one of the earlier lifeboats because of Aks age and his mother’s gender. Not only were they of the right age and gender, they were middle class, and was thought of more importance than the lower class. The majority of the lower class men was locked down below the boat; not even given the chance to survive. There were a percentage of seventy-six lives lost of the third class; while the second class had at the most fifty-eight