"The last remaining survivor of the Titanic died on Sunday. Millvina Dean was 97. She died in her sleep in a nursery in her hometown of Southampton in the south of England, AP reported. There were no indications of her impending death at the end of last month when she visited a hospital with symptoms of pneumonia.
Born on Feb. 12, 1912, Dean was also the youngest of the 706 people who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Dean got onboard on April 14, 1912 with her parents and her brother, who was two years old at the time. Her father, then 27, had sold his pub and the family was on the way to make a new life in America.
The Deans had originally reserved tickets on another ship, but their reservation was cancelled due to a coal strike, forcing them to transfer to the Titanic, where they were third-class passengers. In an interview in 2002, Dean said her mother told her it was her father's swift actions that saved the rest of the family. "That's partly what saved us -- because he was so quick. Some people thought the ship was unsinkable," said Dean. Her father got the rest of the family on a lifeboat, but he himself drowned.
Dean did not hear about the Titanic until the age of eight. Her mother Georgette suffered headaches every day because of the traumatic memories of the accident. Saying she did not want to revive the horrific memories, Dean was against salvaging the Titanic. She was invited to the premiere of the 1997 film "Titanic" but did not attend and never saw the film, saying she would rather leave her father's last moment to her imagination."
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It always amazes me that a simple single decision/act can either grant a person a lifetime ahead of them, or a quick death sentence. Imagine, she had 97 years on earth because of her father's quick thinking.
Rest In Peace.
Born on Feb. 12, 1912, Dean was also the youngest of the 706 people who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Dean got onboard on April 14, 1912 with her parents and her brother, who was two years old at the time. Her father, then 27, had sold his pub and the family was on the way to make a new life in America.
The Deans had originally reserved tickets on another ship, but their reservation was cancelled due to a coal strike, forcing them to transfer to the Titanic, where they were third-class passengers. In an interview in 2002, Dean said her mother told her it was her father's swift actions that saved the rest of the family. "That's partly what saved us -- because he was so quick. Some people thought the ship was unsinkable," said Dean. Her father got the rest of the family on a lifeboat, but he himself drowned.
Dean did not hear about the Titanic until the age of eight. Her mother Georgette suffered headaches every day because of the traumatic memories of the accident. Saying she did not want to revive the horrific memories, Dean was against salvaging the Titanic. She was invited to the premiere of the 1997 film "Titanic" but did not attend and never saw the film, saying she would rather leave her father's last moment to her imagination."
http://gbcghana.com/news/26316detail.html
It always amazes me that a simple single decision/act can either grant a person a lifetime ahead of them, or a quick death sentence. Imagine, she had 97 years on earth because of her father's quick thinking.
Rest In Peace.
