French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was one of five passengers who died aboard the Titan submersible, which the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed on Thursday experienced a 'catastrophic implosion' near the wreckage of the Titanic.
John Paschall, stepson of Nargeolet, spoke to CBS New York just hours after the Coast Guard reported that it had discovered two debris fields on the sea floor which were pieces of the missing OceanGate sub.
"We focus so much on everything he did in the water, but I feel like some of his greatest accomplishments, too, were out of the water," Paschall said."I understand that in life it is sometimes not easy to be a stepfather, when you are coming into a situation where my father was still in the picture and I had a great relationship with him, but he was always so respectful of my relationship with him and he was such an important part of my life.
"We first met in my freshman year of high school," Paschall said."I remember the first thing he did for me that was so meaningful was he helped me with a science project on the building of a cell and creating a model of it, and I ended up getting an 'A' on it. Science is now my favorite subject, and it was one of those things where he never forced any help. I went and asked and he just did it."Nargeolet leaves behind a wife and three other children.
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