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John Borland "Jack" Thayer III (December 24, 1894 – September 20, 1945) was a first-class passenger on the RMS ''Titanic'' who provided several first-hand accounts of the disaster. ==RMS ''Titanic''== John (Jack) Thayer was born into a wealthy family, and was the son of John Borland Thayer, Jr., the vice-president and director of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Philadelphia socialite Marian Thayer. Seventeen-year-old Jack was traveling in Europe with his parents and a maid named Margaret Fleming. Thayer and his parents were heading to New York. They embarked at Cherbourg on Wednesday, April 10, 1912. Jack occupied cabin C-70 while his parents occupied C-68.〔(Mr John Borland Jr. Thayer - ''Titanic'' Biography - Encyclopedia Titanica )〕 Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on the ship's collision with the iceberg, he dressed and went to A deck on the port side to see what had happened. Finding nothing, he walked to the bow, where he could faintly make out ice on the forward well deck.〔 Jack woke his parents, who accompanied him back to the port side of the ship. Noticing that the ''Titanic'' was developing a list to port, they returned to their rooms and put on warmer clothes and life vests. They returned to the deck, but Jack lost sight of his parents and after searching for them, assumed they had boarded a lifeboat.〔 Jack soon encountered Milton Long, a fellow passenger he had met hours before over coffee. Both Milton and Jack tried to board a lifeboat but were turned away because they were men. Jack then proposed jumping off the ship, as he was a good swimmer. However, Milton was not, and advised Jack against it.〔 Eventually, as the ship was sinking quickly, the two men decided to jump and attempt to swim to safety. Milton went first; it was the last time Jack ever saw him. Once in the water, Jack reached the improperly launched and overturned Collapsible B. Too exhausted to save himself, he was pulled from the water.〔 He and a number of other men, including Harold Bride, Archibald Gracie, chief baker Charles Joughin, and second officer Charles Lightoller were able to balance on the boat for some hours. He later recalled that the cries of hundreds of people in the water reminded him of the high-pitched hum of locusts in his native Pennsylvania.〔 After spending the night on the overturned Collapsible B, Jack was picked up by Lifeboat 12. He was so distraught and freezing that he did not notice his mother in nearby Lifeboat 4, nor did she notice him. Lifeboat 12 finally made its way to the RMS ''Carpathia'' at 8:30 am.〔 Jack's father did not get to a lifeboat and died. Nearly all those who lived did so by boarding lifeboats. Jack was one of only about 40 survivors of those who jumped or fell into the water.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Thayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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