Titanic Post #2

At 1:30 PM 109 years ago, Titanic set sail for New York from its final European stop at Queenstown, Ireland. About 1,300 passengers and 900 crew were on board. As the ship sailed towards the horizon, no one on shore thought it would be the last time they'd ever see Titanic.

Passenger Snapshot #2

Name: Daher Shadid
From: Lebanon
Destination: Kulpmont, Pennsylvania

One passenger was probably glad to see Europe fade into the distance. Daher Shedid had boarded as a third class passenger the previous day in Cherbourg, France. He was 19 years old.

Daher's journey had began under the most tragic of circumstances. He had fled Lebanon after accidentally killing a girl in his village while experimenting with a gun. Fearing retribution from the girl's family, Daher decided to leave the country and relocate to Kulpmont, Northumberland County, where his uncle was living.

Though he escaped a fate in Lebanon, Daher did not survive the sinking of the Titanic. His body was recovered in the days after the disaster. After being transported to Nova Scotia, his remains were shipped to Mount Carmel for burial. Daher Shedid was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery. His grave is not marked.

Information Retrieved From:

Kobeissi, K. (2012). The story of the forgotten Arab victims of the Titanic, told 100 years later. Morocco World News. https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/…/the-story-of-the-forgot…/

Encyclopedia Titanica (www.encyclopedia-titanica.org).