evidence: Wife of the pilot who died in OceanGate submersible is a descendant of two Titanic passengers by: Derick Fox [...] SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The wife of the OceanGate CEO who was piloting the submersible that disappeared during its voyage to the Titanic wreckage is related to a first-class couple that perished the night the famous ship sank in 1912. [...] Wendy Rush has been on three expeditions to the site where her great-great-grandparents lost their lives. She works alongside her husband at OceanGate as the Communications Director. Stockton Rush serves as the company’s CEO, and he has been reported as the pilot of the Titan submersible that went missing on Sunday.