“My son and his friend raised a lot of concerns about what kind of marine life we’re going to run into, there’s really no escape plan if something goes wrong.”
Las Vegas businessman Jay Bloom and his son Sean, 20, were supposed to be on the tragic Titan voyage that imploded.
Bloom said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush contacted him a year ago to tell him about the opportunity to visit the wreckage of the Titanic. Bloom said he wanted to go with his son, who was a fan of the iconic sunken ship. The father was also concerned about the Titan’s hatch, which could be opened only from the outside, and the hull’s carbon fiber material, which reacts differently to pressure than steel.
Two planned voyages were canceled in May because of the weather and rescheduled to June 18, and Bloom ultimately decided they couldn’t make it.
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