Titanic
plunged to the depths of the icy Atlantic Ocean on the morning of
April 15th, 1912, taking with her approximately 1,500 souls.
Only
705 people survived the sinking.
I want to dedicate this page to the lives unnecessarily lost on the
Titanic,
but especially to the one that has wrenched
my heart the most:
little Miss Helen Lorraine Allison.
She was
only two years old when she died,
and was the only child in the
First and Second Classes to perish.
While many of you may condemn
me
for not singling out one of the 53 children in the Third Class
who died,
let me point out that Lorraine's death was lost
simply
because her parents refused to leave the Titanic
until
Lorraine's little brother Trevor was found.
The ironic thing is
that Baby Trevor was already on board one of the lifeboats
because
his nanny had scooped him up after the collision
and left without
telling his mother where she was going.
The Allisons would not
leave without their son,
nor would they allow Lorraine to go on
without them.
Being the mother of a toddler myself,
I cannot
forget little Lorraine,
and I hope you, too, can understand the
attachment I have for this child.
I intend to share more of the
lives of those who were lost,
and I thank ye for your patience
while I continue to build this page of pages
