My personal hero, heroine, actually, is The Unsinkable Margaret "Molly" Brown. Why? Because she's freaking awesome! XD She was aboard the RMS Titanic, and survived in one of the lifeboats. However, the dude comanding the boat wouldn't go back to save the people in the water, so she took charge of the boat, rather brutally, might I add. :D That scene was in the movie, only they sort of made Molly look like a big baby and she sat down and cried instead of taking charge of the boat as she did in reality. I am unaware if this part is true, but I've heard it on more than one occasion. Molly hid a pistol in her pantyhose and pulled it out and threatened the guy in charge of the lifeboat that she would shoot his brains out if they didn't go back to save the other people.