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⌈ Secret Post #2031 ⌋

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Comments

[klutzygirl]

(Semi) fun fact. They were a real couple named Isidor and Ida Straus. He was co-owner of Macy's. They refused to leave each other.

Per Wikipedia:

Traveling from Germany back to the United States, Isidor and his wife were passengers on the RMS Titanic when, on April 14, 1912, it hit an iceberg. Their baby grandson, Stuart Scheftel, had caught a cold and been left behind in England with his nurse, or else he would have been on the ship with them. Ida reportedly would not leave Isidor and refused to get in a lifeboat. The officer filling up the boat told Isidor that he could get into the boat with his wife, but he refused to, instead sending his wife's maid, Ellen Bird, into the boat. Ida refused to board the half-full boat, saying "I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together."[4] Isidor and Ida were last seen on deck sitting in deck chairs holding hands when a huge wave washed them into the sea. Eyewitnesses described the scene as a "most remarkable exhibition of love and devotion."[5] Both died on April 15 when the ship sank. Isidor Straus's body was recovered by the cable ship Mackay-Bennett and brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia where it was identified before being shipped to New York. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Ida's body was not recovered.[6]

The couple are portrayed in the 1953 film Titanic and the 1958 film A Night to Remember, in scenes that are faithful to the accounts described above. In the 1997 film Titanic, the Strauses are briefly depicted kissing and holding each other in their bed as their stateroom floods with water, along with a deleted scene showing Isidor (played by Lew Palter) attempting to persuade Ida (Elsa Raven) to enter the lifeboat.

[(Anonymous)]

goddammit

manly tears ;___;

[herongale]

Yeah, the parts of Titanic where Cameron got to indulge his Titanic-history-geekdom are all generally my favorites, whether it's the emotional stuff like that or the gorgeous scary spectacle of the ship sinking in REALISTICALLY RECREATED DETAIL.

That in particular is such a beautiful and moving story. I would have been so scared and I still think drowning in the ocean is one of the worst ways to die, but... I think that because they managed to stay together to the bitter end, and died knowing firsthand the devotion they felt towards each other, they ended up dying a good death. I kind of envy them.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't aspire to die like them, aspire to live like them.

[natural_blue_26.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I had no idea. :(

[spicandspan89.livejournal.com]

That's incredibly moving. Thanks for sharing!

[(Anonymous)]

"The officer filling up the boat told Isidor that he could get into the boat with his wife, but he refused to"

Why didn't you get into the boat with her, Isidor? ;___;

[ooh_mrdarcy]

I think he might have thought he was too old and wanted to give the younger people a chance.

Maybe. Who knows?

[kaileighblue]

Cause chivalry.

[(Anonymous)]

If I remember correctly, there were still a lot of third class mothers and their kids loading into that boat and he didn't want to take the seat of a woman or child while any still remained on board. Same sentiment shared by a lot of men on the ship, regardless of class.

[(Anonymous)]

Ironically more first class men survived than 3rd class women or children, iirc. So I'm not so sure how many people actually shared the sentiment beyond lip service.

[kaileighblue]

Let me cry some more.

[ex_paola492]

OH. ;____;

[checkerblob.livejournal.com]

sobbing nbd