Wife of Missing Submersible Pilot Is Descendant of Couple Who Died In The Titanic In 1912

Even as the search operations for the missing submersible Titan is one, it has come to light that one among the five passengers aboard the vessel is descended from a New York couple who drowned in the Titanic disaster in 1912.

Yes, Wendy Rush, who is the wife of Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, and the man that was piloting the submersible that has been lost at sea since Sunday, belongs to the family of Isidor Straus and wife Ida Straus, the New York Times reported.

Straus couple was immortalized in James Cameron's 1997 classic 'Titanic', which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

Isidor Straus was a co-owner of Macy's and one of the wealthiest individuals on the ill-fated ship. Wendy Rush, OceanGate's communications director, proudly claims her lineage as Isidor and Ida's great-great-granddaughter.

Wendy Rush tied the knot with Stockton Rush in 1986. Her husband piloted Titan, the submersible that was taking tourists to the Titanic wreckage. She is descended from Isidor and Ida Straus's daughter Minnie, who married Dr Richard Weil in 1905.

In real life, the couple was returning from their native Germany on the Titanic along with Ida's recently-appointed maid, Ellen Bird, and Isidor's manservant, John Farthing. Unfortunately, the ship was hit by an iceberg that sank the Titanic.

However, she had the opportunity to survive, but she refused to go without her husband on a lifeboat till all the women and children are safely evacuated, according to the daily.

Meanwhile, a massive search operation is being carried out by the US and Canadian crews to locate the vessel. As per the latest reports, the five individuals on board the vessel have just a few hours of oxygen remaining.