DOCTORS TOLD HIM TO CUT OFF HIS LEGS. HE TOLD THEM HE HAD A TENNIS MATCH. On April 10, 1912, Dick Williams boarded the Titanic as a 21-year-old tennis star with a brilliant future. Four days later, he was struggling for his life in the freezing Atlantic. While his father perished when a funnel collapsed, Dick survived for six hours in waist-deep, 28-degree water. When he was finally rescued by the Carpathia, doctors told him both legs were severely frostbitten and had to be amputated to save his
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DOCTORS TOLD HIM TO CUT OFF HIS LEGS. HE TOLD THEM HE HAD A TENNIS MATCH. On April 10, 1912, Dick Williams boarded the Titanic as a 21-year-old tennis star with a brilliant future. Four days later, he was struggling for his life in the freezing Atlantic. While his father perished when a funnel collapsed, Dick survived for six hours in waist-deep, 28-degree water. When he was finally rescued by the Carpathia, doctors told him both legs were severely frostbitten and had to be amputated to save his
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