She knows something about being rescued, for she and her husband were survivors of one of the worst maritime disasters in history ​ — the sinking of the luxury liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945.
सन्‌ 1945 की बात है जब विलहेल्म गुस्टलोफ नाम का जहाज़ समुंदर में डूब गया था ।