On the night of April 14-15, 1912, one of the most terrible catastrophes of the 20th century, the luxurious liner "Titanic" collided with Iceberg and went to the bottom. On his board there were more than 2 thousand passengers, of which they were able to survive only a little more than 700. The latter of those who managed to escape, left the life relatively recently - in 2009.
We in adme.ru decided to find out how the further life of some passengers, which was lucky to survive in this catastrophe.
1. Michelle and Edmond focused
The Michel and Edmond brothers were crowned by the ship with their father - a resident of France Serbian origin. The parents of the boys were divorced, but the wife allowed the former spouse to take the sons to the Easter holidays. Father secretly exported Michel and Edmon on "Titanic" - he wanted to hide with sons in America. Mothers had to look for their children after the catastrophe for a whole month, as they were registered on the ship under the fictional names Louis and Lola. When the ship began to sink, his father managed to put boys in the boat, and he died himself. After salvation, the brothers began to write all the media, since no one knew where their parents or guardians. Michel and Edmont temporarily took to him another surviving passenger, until the authorities were looking for their relatives. The problem was that children did not speak English, and only OUI answered for any question of the French consul, that is, yes. At this time, on the other side of the Atlantic, their mother went crazy and could not understand where her children disappeared. But one day in the newspaper she accidentally saw their photos and immediately went to New York to pick up sons.
Michelle lived a long life - he entered the college and soon married a classmate, and later received a doctoral degree and became a professor of philosophy. Michelle left life aged 92 years. Edmond was an interior designer, and then became an architect. During World War II, he captured, and there his health was very shaken. Edmond died aged 43 years.
2. Violet Constance Jessop
Violet was a flight attendance of the ocean liners of White Star Line and survived in 3 shipwrecks. The first time she was on board the liner "Olympic" when he ran into the cruiser "Hawk". For the second time, the girl survived the collapse of the "Titanic". Finally, in 1916, Violet served the sister of mercy on board the hospital ship "British", which sank, having exploded on Mine. After all events, Violet received a nickname Miss unsvasted. Despite all these terrible shipwrecks, she continued to work on liners - her total work experience with a flight attendant was 42 years old. For his life, Miss is uncompressed by 2 round-the-world cruises. The short time she was married, but did not give birth to children. Violet died from heart failure in 83 years.
3. Eleonora Elkins Wytner
Eleanor was an American secular lioness and philanthropist. In 1912, she together with her husband and the eldest son went to Paris to find a chef for his new Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia. At the "Titanic" they sailed home. On the night, when the ship sank, they dined in a restaurant along with the captain of the ship. During shipwrecks, her husband and son Eleonora were killed, as well as their valet. Mrs. Wytener itself and her maid were saved. Soon after Eleonora's tragedy, Wytner donated the Harvard University of $ 3.5 million for the construction of a memorial library in honor of his son. At one time he graduated from Harvard and was always fond of valuable books. One of the legends of Harvard states that Eleanor also insisted that the university be sure to teach students to swim. She did not want someone to suffer a fate of her son, who did not know how to swim. Mrs. Wytener also restored the Protestant Biscopal Church of St. Paul in memory of his husband. Eleanor died at the age of 75 in Paris. She left her fortune at $ 11 million to his children - George and Eleanor.
4. Dorothy Gibson
Dorothy was an American actress of silent movies, as well as a model and singer. At the "Titanic" girl was with his mother - they returned after vacation in Italy. On the night of the tragedy, Mom and daughter played Bridge with friends in the living room. They saved in the very first boat, lowered water. After arrival in New York, the manager convinced Dorothy to play in the film about the crash of the ship. As a result, the girl wrote a script for the film "Saved from the" Titanic "" and starred in the lead role. Moreover, she starred in the same clothes in which she was on board the liner that night, in a white silk evening dress with a cardigan and a polo coat. The picture had a great success in both America and in Europe, but, alas, a fire happened in 1914 and destroyed all the films. The short time Dorothy continued to be filmed into the movies and even became one of the highest paid film actresses in the world. However, at some point she was fond of singing and devoted himself to work in the metropolitan opera. Dorothy Gibson died from a heart attack in Paris aged 56 years.
5. Richard Norris Williamc
Richard was born in Geneva, got a great education and played tennis perfectly. At the Titanic, the 21-year-old young man traveled with his father. Soon after the collision with Iceberg, Richard released from the locked cabin of one of the passengers, hacking the door. Steward even threatened to finfing a young man for damage to the ownership of the company. Richard and his father remained on a doomed liner almost to the very end, and then jumped into the water. Richard's father died in his eyes - one of the chimneys of the ship fell on it. A young man could climb on the boat. True, he spent several hours on his knee in ice water. Richard even wanted to amputate legs after frostbite, but he recovered and soon won his first US Championship for tennis, as well as the Davis Cup. Williams Jr. became a successful banker in Philadelphia, and also served as president of the historic society of Pennsylvania. He left life aged 77 years.
6. Eva Hart
Eve was 7 years old when she climbed the "Titanic" with her parents. Initially, the family was supposed to sail on another ship, but due to the strike of coalsels of some passengers they were transferred to Titanic. Here's how Eva describes his first impression from the ship: "That day we arrived by train. I was 7 years old, and I have never seen the ship before. He looked huge. Everyone was very excited, we went down to the cabin, and it was then that the mother said his father that he would not sleep on this ship and would sit all nights. She decided that he would not go to bed at night, and in fact did not lie down! " For unknown reasons, Eva almost instantly felt anxiety about the "Titanic" and was afraid that some catastrophe would happen. In her opinion, to call the ship was unspexed by a certain challenge to the Lord. When the liner faced the iceberg, Eve slept, and her mother felt a blow. She immediately told her husband to find out what's the matter. Having learned about the catastrophe, he brought his wife and daughter to the upper deck and put them in a lifeboat. Eva remembered that he told her for goodbye to her: "Be a good girl and keep my mother's hand." It was the last time she saw him.
Eve with his mother (right) on returning to England after the death of Titanic.
For her life, Eve managed to work as a singer in Australia, an assistant in the British Conservative Party and even a judge. She also continued to actively participate in any events related to the catastrophe. She was a member of the historic society "Titanic", met with other survivors, wrote a detailed autobiography "Shadow" of Titanica "- the story of the survivor." Eva Hart died in 1996 in the hospice in London shortly after his 91st birthday. She was never married and had no children.
7. Elizabeth Gladis Millvina Dean
Millwine Dean was the last surviving with the "Titanic" and the most young passenger. At the time of the catastrophe she was only 2 months old. Parents of the girls managed a restaurant in London, but at some point they decided to emigrate to Kansas to the relatives of her husband. To sell a tavern, they bought a ticket not to the "Titanic", but to another ship, but again, because of the strike, coils fell on board the ill-fated liner with Millvin and her elder brother. At the time of the catastrophe, Millwine's father helped his wife wear children and brought the family to the deck. He managed to put everyone in a lifeboat. After years, the girl came to the conclusion that they were saved only thanks to the agility of the Father, because they were among the first passengers of the 3rd grade, which managed to sit in the boat.
After the tragedy, the family returned to England - there was no strength to a new life in Kansas, no money. Millwine never married. For a while she worked as a cartographer, then he served in the department of procurement of an engineering company. When Millvin and her brother were already 70, fame came to them. They began to give numerous interviews about the catastrophe, appeared in documentary films and on the radio, went to New York to various memorable events. True, the woman flatly refused to watch the movie James Cameron "Titanic". She remembered that she had dreamed of nightmare after watching another film dedicated to this terrible event, "the death of Titanic". " Millvina Dean died from pneumonia in 2009 aged 97 years. Her dust was dispelled from the boat in the port of Southampton, where "Titanic" went from at one time.
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