S03 E39 Unsinkable
Episode 39 of the An Ounce - For Your Consideration podcast, hosted by Jim Fugate, titled "S03 E39 Unsinkable" was published on September 24, 2021 and runs 6 minutes.
September 24, 2021 ·6m · An Ounce - For Your Consideration
Summary
You may not have heard of Violet Jessop – But, you should have. She is one of the luckiest – (or, depending on how you look at it perhaps unluckiest) – people who have ever lived. Her life was hit, up-close and head-on, in 3 well-known disasters at sea. -The Olympic -The Titanic -The HMHS (The Brittanic) She continued working at sea for another 35 years after the sinking of the Britannic and retired in 1950 to Suffolk, England. A total of 42 years on the sea. In 1971, at the age of 84, Vi...
Episode Description
You may not have heard of Violet Jessop – But, you should have. She is one of the luckiest – (or, depending on how you look at it perhaps unluckiest) – people who have ever lived. Her life was hit, up-close and head-on, in 3 well-known disasters at sea.
-The Olympic
-The Titanic
-The HMHS (The Brittanic)
She continued working at sea for another 35 years after the sinking of the Britannic and retired in 1950 to Suffolk, England. A total of 42 years on the sea.
In 1971, at the age of 84, Violet passed away
She Survived, and thrived, in an amazing life.
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