The True Love Story That Inspired “Titanic” Will Leave You in Tears

Paying Up

In the meantime, Kate applied for relief from the American Red Cross. She was awarded $250 in financial compensation, which in modern money (adjusted for inflation) would be about $6,608.07. She wrote to her family in England and alerted them that she had, in fact, survived the terrible collision. She also warned them to ignore the media frenzy of the paper. But what would become of her love story?

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