A US tennis player refused to have his legs amputated after surviving the Titanic. He later won an Olympic gold medal.

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R Norris Williams and the sinking of the Titanic
Richard Norris Williams survived the sinking of the Titanic and went on to become an Olympic gold-medalist tennis player.

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