, the only Black passenger of known African ancestry, who heroically placed his family in a lifeboat before perishing.
- An exploration of how social class affected who survived and who perished, including the stark contrasts in accommodations and life on board. titanic toni
After a decade as a navy salvage diver, Toni pivoted to civilian deep-sea exploration. In 2005, she joined an expedition with RMS Titanic, Inc. as a support diver. On her first descent in the submersible Mir 2 , she saw the iconic bow emerge from the darkness. “I stopped breathing for a full ten seconds,” she later wrote in her memoir, Pressure & Silence . , the only Black passenger of known African
Also known professionally as Judy Conway or Judy Lane . In 2005, she joined an expedition with RMS Titanic, Inc
But Toni remembered being fourteen. She remembered being too big, too loud, too much for the world to handle. She remembered looking at posters of rock stars and thinking they were the only people who understood her.