
Titanic Tragedy Links Descendants of Submersible Pilot and CEO Killed in Tragic Accident
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.