Titanic survivor dies at 98

Winnifred Quick Van Tongerloo, one of the few remaining survivors of the Titanic sinking, has died, aged 98.

Winnifred Quick Van Tongerloo, one of the few remaining survivors of the Titanic sinking, has died, aged 98.

She was eight when the Titanic went down after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912. Of the nearly 2,200 people aboard, only 705 were saved.

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