This Titanic Movie Scene Turns Out to be Based on a True Story
Titanic became one of Hollywood's most legendary films. Not infrequently the audience of the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet was in tears, swept away by the love story of Jack and Rose which ended.
Perhaps the audience directed by James Cameroon also remembers a scene that shows a middle-aged couple hugging in bed when the ship sinks.
However, who would have thought the scene was based on the true story of a married couple named Isidor and Ida Straus. They were first class passengers on the ill-fated ship to New York.
Isidor is a former member of the United States Congress. He served from 1894 to 1895. Apart from being a politician, Isidor was known in New York City as a partner to one of the retail giants, Macy & Co.
According to the history.house.gov website, Isidor and Ida travel a lot. The couple decided to go on an excursion to Europe by leaving New York in the winter of 1911-1912.
Desiring to arrive in New York in the spring, Isidor decided to reschedule his return home earlier, in April 1912. He also booked two Titanic tickets.
However, the journey of a married couple who had been married for 41 years ended in disaster. On the evening of April 14, the Titanic hit an iceberg and eventually sank the next day.
When the incident took place, Ida, who is a woman and a first class passenger, was prioritized to board the lifeboat. However, he refused the opportunity because he did not want to leave Isidor.
"My place is with you," said Isidor. "I live with you. I love you, and, if necessary, I die with you."
According to reports, Isidor actually got a share in the lifeboat due to age. However, he refused and said that he could not take the place reserved for women and children.
To the New York Times, a survivor recounted the last moments of the German couple.
"They were standing side by side when the last lifeboat left. She didn't want to leave her husband. She held her husband tightly, and they held hands holding the boat," the eyewitness said.
According to the Independent, their bodies were found and buried at the family premises at Beth-El Cemetery, Brooklyn. However, according to the site history.house.gov, only Isidor's body was found.
There are a number of memorials dedicated to the couple whose lives were lost in the Titanic tragedy, including a statue in Straus Park in New York City. There it is engraved:
"In the memory of Isidor and Ida Starus/ Who died at sea in the Titanic incident on April 15, 1912/ They lived in love and joy/ And their deaths were inseparable."
'Horror' Titanic's Last Lifeboat, 3 Human Corpses and Marriage Ring
A lifeboat Titanic, blown more than 300 km from its mother ship. When officers saw him, they found the bodies of two coal-fired control officers and a 37-year-old first-class passenger, Thomson Beattie.
A wedding ring bearing the words "Edward to Gerda" was also found at the bottom of the lifeboat which was found on May 13, 1912.
The lifeboat was eventually identified as Collapsible A and is believed to be the last boat to leave the Titanic at around 2.15am on April 15, 1912.
According to reports, the lifeboat crashed because the crew refused to tie the lifeboat with ropes. It is estimated that as many as 12 to 20 people got into Collapsible A's lifeboats. However, many fell ill or died that night.
Passengers who died in the lifeboat are thought to have been dumped into the sea, including Edward Lindell - Gerda's husband, whose wedding ring was found. It aims to reduce the load of an unstable boat.
The survivors in the lifeboats were estimated at 12 to 13 people and were transported on a Collapsible D before being rescued by RMS Carpathia.
Lifeboat Collapsible A was left drifting along with the three bodies on board.
The ring owners, Edward Lindell and Elin Gerda Lindell, ended tragically in Collapsible A. His wife, Gerda, drowned while trying to get into the lifeboat.
Eye witness, August Wennerstrom, said the tragedy of the Titanic and the tragic loss of his wife was a heavy blow for Lindell. "The hair on Edward's head turned white in less than 30 minutes," he said, as quoted from the Encyclopedia Titanica.
Meanwhile, Edward died in the lifeboat shortly after. His frozen hands gripped his wife's wedding ring tightly.
However, only rings were found on the lifeboat. I don't know where Edward Lindell's body is.
