When Titanic sank, Helen Newsom Behr Mathey escaped in Lifeboat No. 5 with her mother and the man who would be her first husband, tennis star Karl H. Behr. Helen had been friends with Karl’s sister before she made the trip on Titanic.Helen’s mother, Sallie Newsom, had booked a “Grand Tour” of Europe for 19-year-old Helen to distract her daughter from Helen's relationship with the 26-year-old suitor. When Karl heard the news that Helen was going to be traveling on the Ship, he quickly invented a business trip to Europe to pursue her. Karl boarded Titanic at Cherbourg and ended up spending time with Helen on board.
During the exodus from Titanic, Karl, Helen, Sallie, and several others were told by Bruce Ismay that they could all leave together in Lifeboat No. 5.
There were newspaper reports that Karl proposed to Helen on the Lifeboat. They were married a year later.
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