Flor and Julia’s happy reunion following 18 hours unsure of each other’s fate

A young husband and wife held hands and jumped together for their lives from the deck of the sinking Lusitana, writes Ray Ryan

They became separated in the chaotic seas, were rescued after harrowing ordeals, were put ashore in two different ports and didn’t know for eighteen hours if the other had survived.

Flor Sulivan, a native of Clonleigh, Kilgarvan, Co Kerry, and his wife Julia, an O’Neill from Rosscarbery, Co Cork,were returning to work his family farm.