I Will Survive also frequently recalled as a symbol of female strength and as a gay anthem. In 2016, the Library of Congress deemed Gaynor's original recording to be "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Recording Registry. Originally released as the B-side to a cover version of the Righteous Brothers song "Substitute", "I Will Survive" became a worldwide hit for Gaynor when disc jockeys played that side of the record instead. "Substitute" appeared on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart for four weeks in October–November 1978, peaking at No. 107. "I Will Survive" then
William J. Gaynor (fireboat) "William J. Gaynor"s hull. She had to call on a "wrecking tug" to open the "Sygna"s hatch before she could suppress the fire in the hold. On June 21, 1921, the "William J. Gaynor" was called to Barren Island in Jamaica Bay when a warehouse belonging to the United States Shipping Board was found to be ablaze. By the time the fireboat arrived land-based firefighters had been unable to prevent the fire from spreading to two of the Shipping Board's four derelict vessels. The freighters "Polar Bear" and the "City of Omaha" were also ablaze. The "William J. Gaynor" with