 The
bodies of Oscar Scott Woody and John Starr March were among those found
floating in the North Atlantic after Titanic sank. The ship’s life
jackets were exceptionally buoyant, capable of keeping the upper portion
of a sizable person well above water. But no life jacket, no matter how
buoyant, could protect its wearer from the freezing temperature of the
water. Many more of Titanic’s victims died from freezing rather
than drowning.
This life jacket,
a replica of those worn by Titanic’s passengers and crew, was used
in the filming of James Cameron’s epic motion picture, TITANIC.
On loan from the James Pehta Collection.
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