The couple's story was fictionalized for the famous 1997 James Cameron film.
Isidor was a retailing magnate who had been a co-owner of Macy’s department store. The couple had been among the wealthiest aboard the Titanic. Rush is a descendent of one of the Strauses’ daughters, Minnie, who married a man named Dr. Richard Weil in 1905. Wendy and Stockton married in 1986, and she serves as OceanGate’s communications director.
As of Thursday morning, hopes that the five people would be located alive dimmed as the critical 96-hour mark when their oxygen would run out passed. However, experts have said the four-day oxygen supply the sub was estimated to have was just an approximation. Additionally, the people on board may be able to survive a longer period if they implemented breathing conservation efforts,
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