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0:02:07 > 0:02:10Millvina Dean was the youngest survivor of the Titanic.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Amazingly, 96 years later she was the oldest.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17She was dropped down in a bag on the lifeboats.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Millvina escaped the sinking ship at just ten weeks old,
0:02:22 > 0:02:23but her father never made it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28After being rescued from the Atlantic, the Titanic Relief Fund
0:02:28 > 0:02:33offered three shillings and sixpence a week to support Millvina.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37It sounds like a pittance, but it paid for her schooling.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39The letter sustained her later in life too.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43She auctioned it off to help pay for her nursing home.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46She had this celebrity star status about her.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49To be honest, I was a wee bit in awe of her.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51The money from the Titanic Relief Fund
0:02:51 > 0:02:52was certainly a leg up
0:02:52 > 0:02:56so that Millvina could prosper in life.
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