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The fate of the submarine "Titan" seems to be disturbing the life of the wife of Stockton Rush, the CEO of the company "Ocean Gate" and the operator of the submarine that disappeared from Sunday in the North Atlantic.
Wendy Rush is a descendant of two wealthy first class passengers on the "Titanic" who drowned when the ocean liner sank in 1912. According to information from the American newspaper "New York Times", Wendy is the great-granddaughter of Isidore Strauss, co-founder of Macy's stores in the US and Ida Strauss.
Isidore and Ida were among the wealthiest passengers on the Titanic's maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1,500 people.
She gave up her position to be with her husband.
Isidore and Ida Strauss who drowned on the Titanic
According to the American newspaper report, Titanic survivors said that Ida Strauss had refused to board a lifeboat along with other women and children.
Ida decided to stay on the ship with her husband, with whom they had been separated for 40 years. She wanted to be with him both in life and in death.
As the ship sank into the icy waters, the couple embraced on the deck of the Titanic.
Their tragic story was also immortalized by the famous director James Cameron in the 1997 film "Titanic", which shows in one scene an elderly couple lying in each other's arms in bed while the ship is sinking, as the newspaper comments. "New York Post".
Isidore's body was found at sea a few weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, but not that of his wife.
Wendy Rush is a descendant of Minnie Strauss, one of the couple's daughters. In 1905, Minnie Strauss married Dr. Richard Weil. The couple's eldest son, Richard Weil Jr., served as president of Macy's stores in New York.
His son, Dr. Richard Weil III is the father of Wendy Rush, as Joan Adler, executive director of the Straus Historical Society, claimed in the American newspaper.
Married Stockton Rush in 1986.
Wendy Rush, successor to Strauss, and Stockton Rush, Titan operator
Wendy and Stockton Rush were married in 1986. On her LinkedIn account, Wendy is listed as director of communications for "OceanGate" and has participated in three voyages to Titanic wreck in the last three years.
Her husband, 61-year-old Stockton Rush, is one of the people aboard the submersible Titan, which disappeared from radar on Sunday as it sank to the bottom of the Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada
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