Zenni boarded the Titanic from France as a third class passenger. The rooms for third class passengers were located very close to the bottom of the boat. Zenni somehow managed to make his way up and sneak onto a lifeboat after repeatedly being told they were saving the women and children first. The passengers in the lifeboat rowed for two miles and were finally saved by the Carpathia around 5 a.m.
After the tragic accident, Zenni toured around Ohio retelling stories of his time on the Titanic. These tours led him to be known as "Mr. Titanic." There is some speculation that he was on the same lifeboat as Margaret "Unsinkable Molly" Brown. Zenni passed away in 1927 from pneumonia as a complication of typhoid fever.
April 15th, 2012 is the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Calvary plans to mark this anniversary by tolling historic St Henry's Memorial Chapel bells 100 times to remember all those lost and celebrate those who survived.
Link to WDTN News Story:
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/montgomery/titanic-survivor-remembered-in-dayton?ref=scroller&categoryId=10011&status=true
Link to Encyclopedia-Titanica.org:
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/fahim-philip-zenni-leeni.html
Link to Niles Daily News report by P. Zenni:
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/survivor-from-titanic-arrives-niles.html
Zenni boarded the Titanic from France as a third class passenger. The rooms for third class passengers were located very close to the bottom of the boat. Zenni somehow managed to make his way up and sneak onto a lifeboat after repeatedly being told they were saving the women and children first. The passengers in the lifeboat rowed for two miles and were finally saved by the Carpathia around 5 a.m.
After the tragic accident, Zenni toured around Ohio retelling stories of his time on the Titanic. These tours led him to be known as "Mr. Titanic." There is some speculation that he was on the same lifeboat as Margaret "Unsinkable Molly" Brown. Zenni passed away in 1927 from pneumonia as a complication of typhoid fever.
April 15th, 2012 is the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Calvary plans to mark this anniversary by tolling historic St Henry's Memorial Chapel bells 100 times to remember all those lost and celebrate those who survived.
Link to WDTN News Story:
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/montgomery/titanic-survivor-remembered-in-dayton?ref=scroller&categoryId=10011&status=true
Link to Encyclopedia-Titanica.org:
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/fahim-philip-zenni-leeni.html
Link to Niles Daily News report by P. Zenni:
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/survivor-from-titanic-arrives-niles.html
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Mr Philip Zenni (Fahīm Rūhānā al Za innī) was born in Syria on 25 October 1886 1 his father was Rohana Zenni.
He boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a third class passenger 2 with ticket number 2620 (£7 4s 6d).
‘Zanni made an effort to leap into one of the boats, but an officer of the boat stood with a drawn revolver in hand and all the men were compelled to stand back at the command, ‘Women and children first.’ Zanni made a second unsuccessful attempt to leap into the boat and was ordered back by the officer, but a moment later the officer turned and he made a leap, landing in the middle of the boat. He took refuge under one of the seats and the boat was pulled away. There was twenty women and three men in the boat. Zanni was placed at the oars. A woman in the boat pleaded with him to save her dog.’ (Niles Daily News, April 25, 1912)
He was rescued, possibly in lifeboat 6.
After surviving the sinking of Titanic, he continued on to his destination of Dayton, Ohio where he lived out his life. He was first employed as a machinist as Platt Iron Works in Dayton but later worked in the confectionery business. He was married to Elsie and had four children (1 son and 3 daughters)3
Mr Zenni died of typhoid fever and broncho-pneumonia on 4 December 1927.
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