Titanic survivor's locket found on ocean floor to be displayed

Visitors walk in front of the monumental panoramic artwork 'Titanic - the promise of Modernity', which is printed on cloth widths by artist Yadegar Asisi at the Asisi Panometer in Leipzig, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. The viewpoint of the observer is set some 3,800 meters below the surface of the water at the level of the shipwreck. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)(Jens Meyer)

LAS VEGAS -- Stop us if you've heard the story about a woman who was on the Titanic who lost a trinket and the love of her life as the ship sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

While Hollywood told the story of Jack and Rose in the feature film "Titanic" a real life version of that story unfolded on the ship that night according to a new display at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

USA Today reports that items found in a suitcase belonging to Virginia Estelle McDowell Clark and her husband Walter Miller Clark will be part of the "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" for a limited time.

Gambling chips, a locket, and a cuff link were among the items found in the suitcase. The Clarks were first-class passengers on the maiden voyage -- and only voyage -- of the ship.

Virginia survived after getting in a lifeboat, while Walter did not survive the incident. The couple was celebrating a belated honeymoon in Europe before boarding the ship.

The Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg on April 15, 1912, in the North Atlantic Ocean. More than 1,500 people died as a result of the crash and subsequent sinking of the ship.

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