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Titanic: A tragedy very much alive
April 20, 2012
April 20, 2012
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the Titanic. She said, "In many ways, the sinking of the ship blew apart our family. . . . People just never wanted to talk about the Titanic."
Astor and his second wife, Madeleine, were on their way home from their honeymoon the night Titanic hit the iceberg. Madeleine survived, John Jacob did not.
Madeleine (Jackie Astor Drexel's grandmother) was just 18 years old and pregnant when her husband helped her into Lifeboat #4, along with other women from the first class cabins.
"He asked if he could go along with his wife, who was pregnant with my father," Drexel
the Titanic. She said, "In many ways, the sinking of the ship blew apart our family. . . . People just never wanted to talk about the Titanic."
Astor and his second wife, Madeleine, were on their way home from their honeymoon the night Titanic hit the iceberg. Madeleine survived, John Jacob did not.
Madeleine (Jackie Astor Drexel's grandmother) was just 18 years old and pregnant when her husband helped her into Lifeboat #4, along with other women from the first class cabins.
"He asked if he could go along with his wife, who was pregnant with my father," Drexel
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