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.