Titanic Life Vest 2001 to 2012

This is the actual life vest worn by Madeline Astor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV, is seen on display at the Titanic Museum in Springfield, Mass., April 3, 2001. Astor, who was 18 at the time, is shown with her husband, 48 at the time, in the photograph at right. She survived the sinking of the Titanic on April 12, 1912, aboard one of the lifeboats.