Found this to be sad reflection upon care for the elderly, respect for history and the state of things.
Wish I had the money, five grand doesn't seem like a lot but it's definitely enough to this grand dame.
Hope this lady manages to find a way to live out the rest of her years in dignity.
Wish I had the money, five grand doesn't seem like a lot but it's definitely enough to this grand dame.
You'd figure that the hospital would've managed in the last three years to figure out that this lady is going to need help paying her bills and would've found or at least been searching for a solution.Last Titanic survivor sells mementos to pay for care 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081016/en_afp/britaintitanichistoryauction
LONDON (AFP) - The last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster is auctioning mementos from the doomed liner to pay for her nursing home fees, a newspaper said Thursday.
Millvina Dean was only two months old when the Titanic struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank in 1912, but now at the age of 96 she is struggling to make ends meet and hopes to make 3,000 pounds (3,845 euros, 5,171 dollars) from the sale.
Personal items going under the hammer include a 100-year-old suitcase filled with clothes given to her family by the people of New York after they arrived there following the catastrophe.
Dean has lived in a nursing home for the last two years.
"I was hoping to be here for two weeks after breaking my hip but I developed an infection and have been here for two years. I am not able to live in my home any more," she told the Southern Daily Echo newspaper.
AFP/File Photo: Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, seen here in 2002, is...
Hope this lady manages to find a way to live out the rest of her years in dignity.