9-year-old Frank Goldsmith, Jr, had just survived the sinking titanic with his mother by jumping into a collapsible boat. Years later, Frank recalled that his apartment was right next to a baseball stadium. The constant cheering of the crown reminded him of the screams of dying passengers. It haunted him so much that he never took his own children to a baseball game.
Frank Goldsmith, Jr, was 9 years old when him and his parents boarded the Titanic at Southampton on 10 April, 1912, to emigrate to Detroit, Michigan, where his maternal parents were waiting for him. But on the night of sinking, Frank was asleep during the impact, when his father woke him up, asking him to go along with his mother and jump on the collapsible boat.
In the event, Frank’s father passed away, while the mother remarried in 1914, after arriving in New York. She later passed away in 1955.
Frank had moved to a house that was close to a baseball stadium. Every time there was a cheer from the audience after a home run, it took him back to the traumatic night where people were screaming for help. It haunted him so much that he never brought his own children to a baseball game.
Frank would often become quiet around the time of April, remembering on his memories of the disaster. While he pursued many jobs here and there, it was in 1966, when he started getting invitations for interviews, offering him a payment of $150 for an appearance. He also became a member of Titanic Historical Society where he got the chance to meet other Titanic survivors.
On 27 January, 1982, Frank had a stroke while watching the news late night and shortly after, he was cremated, as per his own wishes.
