据报道，其中5个中国人发现甲板上有一条破了的小船。这五人齐心协力，将这条实际上没法救命的小船抛入大海，再跳下海，浸在水中。幸好后来遇到了救生艇，被人救起。而另外一名中国人Fang Lang，据Sixth Tone报道，他很幸运地被14号救生船救起，这艘救生船也是唯一一艘返回游轮搜救幸存者的船只。

但当时救生船上的人还为是否要救这名亚洲人而争论了一番。

Twenty-six-year-old sailor Fang Lang was lashed to a floating piece of the Titanic when one of its few lifeboats spotted him.

当时救生船上有人看到这名26岁的船员Fang Lang，他被绑在泰坦尼克号的一片残骸上。

Before he lost consciousness Fang had tied himself to the frail raft, using the broken hinges to make the knots secure. It wasn’t clear whether he was alive or dead. In any case, an officer on the lifeboat reasoned, “there’s others better worth saving than a Jap.”

Fang Lang在失去意识前把自己绑在了破门板上，还用了一些坏掉的铰链来确保绳结不松脱。当时看不出他是死是活。救生船上的长官（以为他是日本人）说： “救谁都比救个日本人强。”

Others on board disagreed. They pulled forward, plucked him from the sea and warmed him up.

但船上其他人不同意见死不救，他们把船划到Fang Lang身边，把他从海中救起来，还给他暖身体。

没想到的是，Fang Lang醒过来后的举动赢得了所有乘客的尊重。

在一名二等舱幸存者Charlotte Collyer口述记录中，他这样提到Fang Lang：

In less time than it takes to tell, he opened his eyes. He spoke to us in his own tongue; then, seeing that we did not understand, he struggled to his feet, stretched his arms above his head, stamped his feet, and in five minutes or so had almost recovered his strength.

他很快就睁开了眼，用他的语言跟我们说话，但发现我们听不懂，于是他奋力站了起来，伸展了一下胳臂，跺了跺脚，大概五分钟后他就恢复体力了。

One of the sailors near to him was so tired that he could hardly pull his oar. The Japanese bustled over, pushed him from his seat, took the oar and worked like a hero until we were finally picked up.