Violet Jessop yavukiye muri Argentine mu 1887, nyuma aza kwimukira mu Bwongereza aho yatangiye gukora akazi ko kwita ku bagenzi (stewardess) mu mato manini yatwaraga abantu banyura mu Nyanja ya Atlantique.
Mu 1911, yari mu bakozi b’ubwato bwa RMS Olympic, bumwe mu bwato bunini kandi bugezweho bw’icyo gihe. Ubu bwato bwagonze ubwato bw’intambara bw’Abongereza bwitwaga HMS Hawke.
Nubwo impanuka yari ikomeye, Olympic ntiyarohamye kandi Violet yarokotse nta kibazo gikomeye agize. Abantu benshi batekerezaga ko ibyo byari iherezo ry’amahirwe ye adasanzwe. Ariko amateka yari agifite ibindi.
Mu mwaka wakurikiyeho wa 1912, Violet Jessop yinjiye mu bakozi b’ubwato bwa RMS
Titanic, ubwato bwari bwaravuzwe ko budashobora kurohama. Ku wa 14 Mata 1912, Titanic yagonganye n’ibuye ryabarafu rinini (iceberg) hagati mu Nyanja ya Atlantique.
Mu masaha make yakurikiyeho, ubwato bwatangiye kurohama. Abantu barenga 1,500 bahasize ubuzima, bituma iba imwe mu mpanuka zikomeye kurusha izindi mu mateka y’inyanja.
Violet yashyizwe mu bwato bw’ubutabazi (lifeboat) nimero 16. Yaje kuvuga ko mbere yo kujya muri ubwo bwato, umwe mu bayobozi yamuhaye uruhinja kugira ngo arurinde.
Nyuma y’amasaha menshi mu mazi akonje cyane, Violet n’abandi barokowe n’ubwato bwa RMS Carpathia.
Nyuma ya Titanic, abantu benshi bari gutekereza ko atazongera gukora mu bwato ukundi. Ariko Violet yasubiye mu kazi.
Mu 1916, mu gihe Intambara ya Mbere y’Isi yari ikomeje, yakoraga nk’umuforomokazi mu bwato bwa HMHS Britannic, mushiki wa Titanic.
Ku wa 21 Ugushyingo 1916, Britannic yaturikiye ku gisasu cyari cyatezwe mu nyanja ya Mediterane. Ubwato bwatangiye kurohama vuba cyane.
Violet yinjiye mu bwato bw’ubutabazi, ariko moteri z’ubwato bunini zatangiye gukurura amato mato y’ubutabazi. Kugira ngo aticwa n’izo moteri, yasimbutse mu mazi.
Mu kugwa, umutwe we wakubise ku bwato bikomeye. Yaje kumenya nyuma y’imyaka myinshi ko yari yaragize ikibazo gikomeye ku gihanga. Nubwo bimeze bityo, yongeye kurokoka.
Bityo, hagati ya 1911 na 1916, Violet Jessop yari amaze kurokoka impanuka eshatu zikomeye z’amato: Olympic, Titanic na Britannic.
Nyuma y’izo mpanuka zose, yakomeje gukora mu mato imyaka myinshi mbere yo kujya mu kiruhuko cy’izabukuru.
Yitabye Imana mu 1971 afite imyaka 83.
Kugeza n’uyu munsi, Violet Jessop akomeje kuba umwe mu bantu bazwi cyane mu mateka y’inyanja kubera kurokoka impanuka eshatu zikomeye z’amato, harimo Titanic izwi ku Isi yose.
Inkuru ye ikunze kuvugwa nk’ikimenyetso cy’amahirwe adasanzwe, ubutwari n’ubushobozi bw’umuntu bwo kurokoka ibihe bikomeye cyane mu buzima.