Titanic Tragedy Links Descendants of Submersible Pilot and CEO Killed in Tragic Accident
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Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, a wealthy couple who died on the Titanic in 1912. Rush was piloting the OceanGate tourist submersible when it imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreckage site, killing him and four others. Isidor and Ida Straus are known for their story of choosing to go down together on the sinking ship, arm in arm.
- Wife of pilot in submersible implosion descended from couple who died on Titanic, report says NBC New York
- Wendy Rush, wife of missing OceanGate CEO, related to Titanic victims USA TODAY
- Stockton Rush's vision ends in tragedy for Titan submersible Financial Times
- Submersible Pilot’s Spouse Is Descended From a Famous Titanic Couple Yahoo News
- Wife of CEO killed on sub is great-great-granddaughter of couple of who died on Titanic: NYT WABC-TV
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