 Harold Cottam

Harold Thomas Cottam (27 January 1891 – 30 May 1984) was a 21-year-old British wireless operator on the RMS "Carpathia" who fortuitously happened to receive the distress call from the sinking RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912.Cottam's decision to awaken Captain Arthur Henry Rostron and relay "Titanic"s message in spite of the scepticism of the officer on watch allowed "Carpathia" to arrive at the scene hours before any other ship and is "credited with saving hundreds of lives."