Abbott, Mrs. Rhoda Mary "Rosa" (née Hunt) was 39 during the iceberg collision. A third class passenger boarding from Southampton,England. She came to England after her divorce with her husband in 1911. After going to England on the Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, she stayed with her widowed mother. They soon found that Abbott's two sons became homesick and would have to return to New York. Rhoda's Baptist church provided the Third class tickets on the Titanic. Although Rhoda was born in 'East Providence, Rhode Island, USA, heading home with her two sons Rossmore and Eugene Joseph Abbott. Right before the Titanic officially sunk, Rhoda and her sons jumped from the boat deck. Her grip on her sons released and she frantically tried to find them. When she lost hope, somebody from boat A grabbed her and pulled her aboard. She couldn't see her sons. Later on, boat A overturned and all the passengers were thrown out. Boat D found them and helped them board. There was a lot of room because the lifeboats had only been half filled and all the people who died were immediately thrown off. Soon after that, the people on boat D saw the Carpathia. When they were rescued, Rhoda was put into special care for her leg injuries from the cold sea. She was the only of woman to physically survive the titanic in the icy cold waters.
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