潜水艦を作った会社のCEO、ストックトン=ラッシュ氏がビデオゲームのコントローラーで潜水艦を操縦してタイタニックを見にく途中で行方不明になったニュースが持ちきりでした。どうやら潜水艦の破片が見つかったようでツアーに参加した大金持ち4人の乗客も残念ながら助かる見込みはもうかなり低いようです。
The wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is one of five on board the missing submarine that disappeared on Sunday while heading to view the wreckage of the Titanic, is a descendant of two first-class passengers who died when the ship sank in 1912, according to archival records cited by The New York Times.
Per a report from the outlet published Wednesday, Wendy Rush — who is director of communications at OceanGate — is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Strauss, who died after the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean more than 100 years ago.
Wendy — born Wendy Hollings Weil — is a descendant of one of the Straus’ daughters, Minnie. In 1905, Minnie married Dr. Richard Weil, who is Wendy’s great-grandfather.
A fictionalized version of the Straus’ relationship was included in the 1997 James Cameron movie Titanic, which included a scene that featured a couple holding each other as waters rose in their cabin. According to the Times, survivors recalled seeing the couple on the deck of the ship as it sank, however.
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George Brereton – a 37-year-old said to be resident of Los Angeles. He is known to have been a professional gambler and is said to have used his skills aboard Titanic. He boarded at Southampton and was amongst the survivors from Titanic landed in New York by Carpathia.
Virginia Clark – a 26-year-old living in Los Angeles. Boarding Titanic at Cherbourg with her husband Walter Clark, she was sailing home from a trip to Europe. She was rescued by boarding a lifeboat on the port side of the ship, known to be Lifeboat 4.
ジョージ=ブレントン、プロギャンブラーで知られていた人だとあります。船の事故で生き残れるくらいなのでかなりの強運の持ち主だったのでしょう。やんちゃな人だったようで色々問題ごとを起こしながら色々な州に渡り住んでいたようですが、2度の再婚の後銃で自分の命を経ってしまったようです。
今回の潜水艦事故はタイタニック沈没の後を追ってしまったような結果でしたが、そのうち誰でも簡単にい行けるようになり、遺族が遺品探しなどまだ聞かれていない当時の話は尽きないでしょう。