If you were a male, adult passenger on the Titanic..........

[dead0man]

If I was still a young man, I'd make sure I've done all I can to get the children THEN the ladies in to lifeboats.  After that I'd look for something "floatable" with my mates and then try and stay near the life boats and out of the water....obviously much easier said than done, but I would have been fighting like a mothertrucker right up until my core temp dropped too low to maintain consciousness.

Now, I'd still make sure the kids and women folk got on the lifeboats....but I probably wouldn't turn down an offer to be part of the crew on one.

[dead0man]

None of us possibly knows until such situation actually happens.

history tells us most of the time most people keep their composure in such situations.  Yes, there are exceptions, and you or I may be one of them...but more than likely not.