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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S3 Ep15 The Titanic: A Story of a Survivor and her Baby
Description: On April 10, 1912, The RMS Titanic, which was declared to be unsinkable, set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City.Β
Four days into itsβ journey on April 14th @ 11:40pm, the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, causing the ship to sink within three hours.Β
Tragically, approximately 1,500 of the shipsβ 2,200 passengers and crew members perished in the icy cold water.
Hours later, the survivors were rescued by The RMS Carpathia and were brought to safety in New York City. Two of those survivors were a young mother, Leah A...