Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912, over 1,500 passengers died on the Titanic, among them was Macy’s co-owner Isidor Straus and his wife Ida. As the Titanic began to sink, women and children were the first to board the lifeboats. Ida refused her seat and stayed with her husband, saying, “We have lived together … Continue reading Isidor and Ida Straus