Jack Thayer, American businessman (died 1945)

Jack Thayer

Titanic survivor (1894–1945)

John Borland "Jack" Thayer III was a first-class passenger on RMS Titanic who survived the ship's sinking. Aged 17 at the time, he was one of only a handful of passengers to survive jumping into the frigid ocean. He later wrote and privately published his recollection of the…