The 7-Year-Old Girl Who Survived The Titanic Had A Grave Message For The World
It’s a freezing April night on the Atlantic Ocean, and Eva Hart’s father is carrying his girl to safety. The pair are on the top deck of the Titanic, struggling through the chaotic scene as the ship that was called unsinkable slowly disappears beneath the waves. Then, decades later, Eva finally decides to speak out about the disaster. And when she does, she casts an even darker shadow over one of history’s most heartbreaking tragedies.
Maiden voyage
The Titanic had been packed to the rafters with the cream of western society: aristocrats, socialites, and millionaire businessmen. But while it was celebrities such as John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim who made headlines when the ocean liner sank, the disaster affected many ordinary people, too.
Doomed liner
Bound for a new life in Canada, Eva was only seven years old when she climbed aboard the doomed liner. By the time she reached New York, her father was dead — the victim of a tragedy that could have been prevented. And in the years that followed, she didn’t hold back when it came to what had gone wrong.
A damning message
To Eva, the people who wanted to disturb the wreck of the Titanic — and desecrate her father’s grave — were no better than savage pirates. And for those in charge of the ship, she had an even more damning message. Eva held those people responsible for her father’s death.
Tragic history
Eva had been the only child of Benjamin Hart, a laborer, and his wife Esther. Tragically, she’d had several half-siblings from her mother’s first marriage, but none of them had survived into adulthood. And, sadly, that was just the beginning of the family’s misfortune.
