John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic. After helping his pregnant wife into a lifeboat, he honored the “women and children first”

John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic. After helping his pregnant wife into a lifeboat, he honored the “women and children first” protocol, remained on the ship, and lost his life when the Titanic sank. John Jacob Astor IV inherited part of the Astor family’s vast real…