7 survivors of the infamous Titanic: how their lives turned out (8 photos)

As you know, the luxurious ship "Titanic", which conquered everyone with its power and beauty, drowned in oceanic waters, destroying a huge the number of its passengers. However, even those who managed to escape later life remembered what happened.





Many of them never fully recovered from what they had experienced, their psychological trauma was so strong.

Governess Elizabeth Shuts

So, for example, one of the witnesses of the terrible night 14 April 1912 was 40-year-old Elizabeth Shuts. She got on board accidentally as a governess. She was among those who left the cabins immediately after hitting the iceberg. Elizabeth was shocked by the behavior people on the boat. Sharing memories, she says that everyone was very frightened, acted erratically and did not stop panicking. Before the time they were discovered by the rescue "Carpathia", people constantly trying to do something. The terrible background of the tragedy was the screams of people in the water. At this time, Elizabeth thought only about why the eminent ship needed such unimaginable luxury, if at the same time, it does not even have the necessary number of rescue equipment for passengers.



Maid Laura Francatelle

She ended up on the ill-fated ship as a servant Lady Duff-Gordon and her wife. A woman of thirty was an ordinary maid, but became the lucky one who was saved. She could not to believe that she survived, even when she was accepted to the Carpathia.





Professor Lawrence Beasley

The Englishman got on the liner hoping to see his brother. The young widower then did not dare to take his little son on a voyage, and was very happy about it later. He described all his experiences in memoir "The sinking of the Titanic". In them he gave detailed instructions that it is necessary that something like this never happen again.



Businessman Bruce Ismay

Chairman of the board of White Star for a long time after tragedy was subjected to public condemnation. The press actively accused him in that he got into a boat intended for women and children. IN in the end, the man, although he survived the disaster, retired and became a recluse.



To a girl named Eva Hart

The little girl was only 7 years old when she lost her dad in sailing on the Titanic. However, despite the tragedy, she actively traveled and did not consider that you need to live in past fears.



"Unsinkable Molly"

American socialite Molly Brown found universal recognition after the disaster. Thanks to the stories of witnesses, everyone learned about that it was she who helped load all the survivors onto the boats. Bold the woman returned her boat several times for those left in the water people.



Sir Cosmo and Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon

This famous couple was also saved. However the head of the family was accused of the fact that the rich man did not adhere to the rule “First women and children” and was the first to climb into boat No. 1. Moreover, according to rumors that a wealthy man gave a bribe to the crew, and instead of 40 seats in their only a dozen were occupied on the rescue ship.