Read the info. Answer the questions.
The last living survivor of the Titanic, Millvina Dean, has died at the age of 97 in England after catching pneumonia.
As a two-month-old baby, Dean was the youngest passenger on board the giant ship when it sank and killed 1500 people.
Her parents had decided to leave England for America, where her father had family in Kansas and hoped to open a tobacco shop.
Her father felt the crunch when the ship crashed into the iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912, and went up to investigate. He returned to their cabin telling his wife to dress the children and go up on deck.
Millvina, her mother, and brother were placed on a lifeboat. Only 706 people survived the crash.
Her father stayed on the Titanic and drowned when the giant ship finally went down.
Questions:
1) How many people died when the Titanic sank?
2) What was the name of the last survivor?
3) How old was she when she was on the ship?
4) How many people were able to get on lifeboats and survive?
5) Why do you think Millvina's father had to stay on the Titanic?
Info from the Guardian. Pic from bbc.news.co
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