Wife of Titan pilot and OceanGate CEO is great-great-granddaughter of Macy’s founder and his spouse made famous in James Cameron’s smash movie as the elderly couple embracing on bed as Titanic went down
By HARRIET ALEXANDER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
The wife of the CEO of the missing Titanic tourist submarine is descended from a wealthy New York couple who drowned on the Titanic in 1912.
Wendy Rush is married to Stockton Rush, one of the five men trapped in Titan after it vanished on Sunday during a trip to visit the historic wreckage.
Her great-great-grandparents, Isidor and Ida Straus, died in the historic disaster – with Isidor being a co-founder of the Macy’s department store.
They were also immortalized in James Cameron’s 1997 movie ‘Titanic’, where they are shown in an iconic scene, fictionally embracing on their bed as water rushed onto the ship.
Pictured: A New York Times article showing Mayor Mitchel speaking at dedication of a fountain erected at Straus Park 106th Street and West End Ave), in memory of Isidor Straus and his wife, who lost there lives on the Titanic, Sunday, April 25, 1915
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