It has been revealed that Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO who is believed to have died aboard the Titan submersible that went missing in the Atlantic this week, had familial ties to two Titanic victims.
According to archival records belonging to the New York Times, Rush's wife Wendy is a descendent of Ida and Isidor Straus, reports Irish Star.
They were first class passengers aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
