Wendy Rush is the greatgreatgranddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, one of the wealthiest couples aboard Titanic.
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The wife of the CEO of the company OceanGate, Stockton Rush, who was on board the submarine bound for the wrecking of the Titanic, which has disappeared since Sunday, is a descendant of two victims of the 1912 sinking, according to records The New York Times had Access.
Wendy Rush is the greatgreatgranddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, one of the wealthiest couples aboard Titanic. In fact, and according to the same media, Isidor was a coowner of Macy’s department store.
Rush is descended from one of Isidor and Ida’s daughters, Minnie, who married Richard Weil in 1905. Their son, Richard Weil Jr., was president of Macy’s in New York, and his son, Richard Weil III, is Rush’s father, Joan Adler, executive director of the Straus Historical Society.
Survivors of the sinking remember Isidor and Ida Straus because they gave up life jackets in favor of the women and children who were still awaiting rescue. Ida even declared that she would not leave her husband, to whom she had been married for four decades. The couple were later seen arm in arm on the deck of the Titanic as the ship sank.
The wife of Stockton Rush, the pilot of the missing Titanic tour submarine, is actually the greatgreatgranddaughter of two firstclass passengers who died on the Titanic, according to records. The film even features a fictionalized version of the couple. pic.twitter.com/XVd7IkOmEw
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The wife of Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, who has been on board the missing submarine en route to the wreck of the Titanic since Sunday, is a descendant of two victims of the 1912 sinking, according to the New York Times.
Wendy Rush is the greatgreatgranddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, one of the wealthiest couples aboard Titanic. According to the same source, Isidor was actually a coowner of Macy’s department store.
Rush is descended from one of Isidor and Ida’s daughters, Minnie, who married Richard Weil in 1905. Her son, Richard Weil Jr., was president of Macy’s in New York, and his son, Richard Weil III, is revealed to be Rush’s father to Joan Adler, executive director of the Straus Historical Society.
Survivors of the sinking remember Isidor and Ida Straus for refusing life jackets in favor of women and children still awaiting rescue. Ida even declared that she would not leave her husband, to whom she had been married for four decades. The couple were seen arm in arm on the deck of the Titanic as the ship sank. A fictionalized version of this story was featured in James Cameron’s film and shows two elderly people hugging on a bed as the water level in the cottage rises. However, Isidore’s body was found two weeks after the disaster, while Ida’s remains were never found.
Wendy Rush married Stockton Rush in 1986 and has been on three OceanGate expeditions in the past two years, according to The New York Times based on her LinkedIn profile. In addition to being the company’s communications director, she is also involved in the institution’s charity.
Importantly, time is running out on day four of the search for OceanGate’s submarine. The submersible, which was carrying five passengers on tours to the wreck of the Titanic, still had oxygen as of 12:08 p.m. Thursday, according to the US Coast Guard.
It is noteworthy that Stockton Rush admitted in an interview last year that his biggest fear on these tourist trips was being trapped at the bottom of the sea.
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