At the time of the disaster on April 15, 1912, the lovers could have boarded one of the lifeboats thanks to their status as first-class passengers. Isidor had also found a place for Ida in one of them, but the latter refused to take a seat there, preferring to stay with her husband who was helping the other passengers. The officer in charge of filling the boat then offered the man to get on too, but the latter would have categorically replied: “Thank you sir, I am no better than another. Isidor and Ida Straus then agreed: they would stay together until the end and go down with the Titanic. The two spouses would then have settled side by side on deckchairs while waiting for the end.
