Lacking Titanic sub: Pilot's spouse is descendant of couple who died on 1912 ship: Report

The spouse of Stockton Rush, the chief government of OceanGate and pilot of the Titanic submersible caught on the backside of the Atlantic Ocean, is reportedly a descendant of one of many wealthiest couples to die on the 1912 ocean liner.

Wendy Rush is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor Straus and his spouse, Ida, in response to archival data reviewed by the New York Instances. The revelation provides one other ingredient to the lacking underwater craft case that has captured the eye of the nation.

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Isidor Straus, born in 1845, was reportedly a co-owner of Macy’s division retailer. He and Ida had been married for 4 many years when the Titanic sank within the Atlantic Ocean.

Wendy Rush was born Wendy Hollings Weil, in response to the newspaper, and married Stockton Rush in 1986. She is OceanGate's communications director, per her LinkedIn profile, which says she can also be an expedition staff and board member.

(OceanGate Expeditions by way of AP)

It's famously advised that ladies and kids had been first supplied seats on the lifeboats that would solely save roughly 700 of the two,240 passengers and crew on board the Titanic in 1912. However additionally it is recognized, and popularized, in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster of the identical title that the rich had larger possibilities of securing security than these not so well-off, doubtless additional down within the ship.

Survivors of the catastrophe reportedly remembered seeing Isidor Straus refuse a seat on a lifeboat when ladies and kids had been nonetheless ready to flee the sinking ship. Ida Straus mentioned she wouldn't depart her husband, and the couple stayed collectively because the ship went down, a second doubtless commemorated in Cameron's movie.

There are 5 folks on board the lacking submersible, together with Stockton Rush. The Coast Guard has underscored the severity of the group's predicament, as this time tomorrow, the oxygen inside the craft may have run out.

A rescue crew looking for the submersible, known as the Titan, heard banging sounds Tuesday and Wednesday within the space the place the craft disappeared. Nevertheless, it's not recognized what's making these noises, neither is it recognized if the 5 males are nonetheless alive. However rescue efforts proceed.