Helse and I did most of it; we were now the two oldest survivors.

Recently, though, this old survivor seems to have lost his touch.

The pensions start at $27 a month for survivors 70 to 80 years old, he said.

They are just two old survivors writing to one another.

I am a 35 year old survivor who has been clean and sober for almost seven years.

There aren't too many of us old survivors still around these days.

No one keeps records of how many or the oldest survivor, but the phenomenon is established.

We were also concerned because you are by far our oldest human survivor.

"There is something different about them from older survivors," he said.

"Most older survivors lost wives and children," he said.