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He got lost in a submarine.  His wife is the great-great-granddaughter of a couple whose fate touched the viewers of “Titanic”

He got lost in a submarine. His wife is the great-great-granddaughter of a couple whose fate touched the viewers of “Titanic”

A dramatic search is underway for a submarine that went missing on its way to the wreck of the Titanic. On board are the boat’s creator, Stockton Rush, and four passengers. According to The New York Times, Rush’s wife, Wendy, is a descendant of Isidor and Ida Straus, who died in the shipwreck.

, the wife of the founder of OceanGate, is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida. They both died in the Titanic disaster in 1912. Isidor was an American magnate who, together with his brother, bought the Macy’s chain of stores at the end of the 19th century. The Strauses were among the wealthiest passengers on the RMS Titanic. They were returning to the States from a trip to their native Germany, and their fate, although in a slightly colored version, was presented in the film “” by James Cameron.

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Wendy Rush’s ancestors died in the Titanic disaster. Their story was shown by James Cameron

On the night of April 14/15, 1912, Isidor and Ida refused to enter the lifeboat. Isidor, being a rich passenger, reportedly said that he would agree to board the boat only after all the women and children had been evacuated from the ship. Ida did not want to leave her husband with whom she had spent 40 years. The couple had seven children, one of whom died at the age of two. Wendy Rush is the great-granddaughter of the Strauses’ daughter, Minnie. According to The New York Times, Isidor’s remains were found two weeks after the crash, Ida’s body has not been discovered to this day.

in “Titanic” he presented the fate of the Strauses, and their story served as an inspiration for one of the most famous scenes in Hollywood production. We are talking about the shot of an elderly couple hugging each other in bed on board a sinking ocean liner.

Titan went missing on Sunday. It was supposed to sail to the wreck of the Titanic

Also on board the Stockton Rush Titan were British billionaire Hamish Harding, French seaman Paul-Henry Nargeolet, and Pakistani businessman Shahzad Dawood and his son Suleman. On Sunday, June 18, the Titan set off towards the wreck of the Titanic resting on the bottom of the Atlantic. Two hours after submerging, contact with the boat was lost. According to experts, oxygen supplies in the unit were sufficient until Thursday morning.

Source: Gazeta

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