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Amelia Lattari, survivor of Andrea Doria, dies at 89

Amelia Lattari was afraid to fly in 1956 when she had to cross the Atlantic from her native Italy to join her husband in the United States.

So she booked passage on the Andrea Doria, an Italian luxury liner.

"After that, she was always afraid to travel by ship," said her son, Lewis Lattari. "When she would go back to Italy she would always fly."

Amelia Lattari, 89, a survivor of...

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