There were 20 lifeboats on the Titanic, and people scrambled to get into them. Many were only half full. Hundreds of people were in the cold water with life preservers on: they didn’t die from drowning, they froze to death. The people in the lifeboats heard the cries of those drowning, but chose not to go back for fear of capsizing themselves. Only one lifeboat out of twenty returned, and it did so after it was too late. Of the hundreds in the water, only six were rescued. Those who were already saved didn’t go after those who were dying.