Wife of OceanGate CEO descended from couple who went down with the Titanic

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The wife of Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate and pilot of the submersible that went missing on a journey to the wreck of the Titanic, has her own tragic family connection to the 1912 disaster

Wendy Rush is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Strauss, two passengers on the doomed voyage of 1912,Mr Strauss was among the wealthiest travellers on the luxury liner, as a part-owner of iconic New York department store Macy’s and, briefly, a Congressman. Thewas marketed as the ultimate luxury experience and attracted a starry cast of the rich and famous., Mr Strauss refused to take up a place in the lifeboats, insisting that every woman and child leave first.

“We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go,” she reportedly said as he urged her to save herself.

 

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