PHOTOS: 100 years later, Titanic's allure still strong
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A security guard holds a replica life vest at National Geographic's "Titanic: 100 Year Obsession", the first day of its opening to the public, March 29, 2012 in Washington, DC. The "unsinkable" Titanic sank April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, killing 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. AFP PHOTO/PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
