CNN —Wendy Rush, the wife the executive who piloted the submersible that has been the subject of a desperate search after it went missing during a dive to the Titanic wreckage, has a personal connection to the ship.
The couple were fictionalized by Lew Palter as Isidor and Elsa Raven as Ida in the Oscar-winning 1997 film “Titanic,” directed by James Cameron.
Wendy Rush, born Wendy Hollings Weil, is the great granddaughter of the couple’s daughter, Minnie Straus Weil.
Isidor Straus was a co-owner of Macy’s and the story of how they perished captured the attention of those interested in the story of the Titanic.
“On the night of 14 April, after Titanic had hit the iceberg, Isidor and Ida were directed to lifeboat eight.
Persons:
Wendy Rush, Isidor Straus, Ida, Lew Palter, Isidor, Elsa Raven, ”, James Cameron, Wendy Hollings Weil, Minnie Straus Weil, Rush, acccording, Stockton Rush, “ Ida, Ellen, ” Isidor Straus’s, Ida’s
Organizations:
CNN, New York Times, Paramount Pictures, National Archives, Titanic, UK National Archives
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United States, Germany, New, Woodlawn