John " Eric " Davidson ( May 10 , 1915 — September 9 , 2009 ) was one of the last survivors of the Halifax Explosion . He was 2 and 1/2 years old when he was blinded by the Halifax Explosion on December 6 , 1917 . At the time of his death in 2009 , Davidson was the penultimate living survivor with permanent injuries from the Halifax Explosion , which killed more than 1,600 people
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Eric Davidson (survivor)