The Journey of Death

You decide to go onto the boat. Halfway on the way to Buenos Aires, there was a huge fire coming from the motor room. It was believed that it was started by a spark in the motor room, around the whole boat. You start to realize that the boat was sinking. You and your friends have to hurry or you will die on the boat while it sinks. You have to either push everyone to get to the boats, or you have to wait for everyone to load the boats before you. What do you do?