His first thought was to get a life preserver on. They would also have to use their breath to inflate their own life preserver. Maryia had been wearing a life preserver. He designed a personal life preserver filled with duck feathers. Danny is jealous and throws Marcos in the water with a life preserver. However, big wave surfers soon realized that the leash can act as a life preserver. Jolivet climbed onto a chair and obtained a life preserver that was in her stateroom. What they did was throw every vulnerable Democrat, and Mr. Obama, a life preserver. After the collision, Reilly put a life preserver on and jumped overboard. Each crewman was issued a backpack with K-rations, a special life preserver, and survival equipment. Life preserver vests are often inflated with CO, but also have an oral inflation tube.