Tourist submersible missing on visit to Titanic

[Anonymous]

The idea of having tourism to visit a gravesite of people who drowned in the most awful way at sea is just ick. Everything they need to see could be seen by sending unoccupied vessels down there, I can’t imagine the level of risk seeking and morbid curiosity that would combine to send them down there in that contraption.

I’ll pray for them but I’ll be praying harder for the US Coast Guards and others who will be risking their lives to try to save them.

[Anonymous]

The fact that they can’t communicate and haven’t surfaced points to a hull breach.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

This is some massive irony here, if they aren't rescued.

Why, I don't understand.

This is almost the definition of irony. People die tragically at sea after having spent a quarter million to gawk at people who died tragically at sea.

Best post in the thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only 250 people have visited the resting place of Titanic since 1985. If I had the funds; I would gladly go.

Why? Have some respect. Let them rest in peace.

+1 the ghosts of the titanic are not happy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The submersible is sealed with 17 21" bolts that can only be unscrewed from the outside.

Really?? What an awful design flaw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea of having tourism to visit a gravesite of people who drowned in the most awful way at sea is just ick. Everything they need to see could be seen by sending unoccupied vessels down there, I can’t imagine the level of risk seeking and morbid curiosity that would combine to send them down there in that contraption.

I’ll pray for them but I’ll be praying harder for the US Coast Guards and others who will be risking their lives to try to save them.

The same could be said for the USS Arizona/Pearl Harbor, any of the concentration camps throughout Europe catacombs in Rome, and the list goes on...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to know why the US Coast Guard is being deployed to help. The area is 900 miles off the coast of Canada. Nowhere near US jurisdiction. I wonder how much the search is going to cost taxpayers.

Situations like this provide an unparalleled opportunity for the Coast Guard, etc., to train in “real life.” It doubtless is expensive but they train one way or another, and live missions are more effective than contrived scenarios.

The US also has some very sophisticated equipment .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The submersible is sealed with 17 21" bolts that can only be unscrewed from the outside.

Really?? What an awful design flaw.

Why? It's not like they could open it, exit, and swim to the surface.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The submersible is sealed with 17 21" bolts that can only be unscrewed from the outside.

Really?? What an awful design flaw.

My claustrophobia wouldn't let me get into that thing even with the latch wide open.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

Wtf?
You could buy someone a house in many parts of the country. Or buy 4+ people an affordable car. This is ridiculous, paying 250k to possibly die while touring a ship lots of people died on.

+10000

It is a statement of excess and extreme privilege

And now the taxpayers must foot the bill for their rescue mission.

Which we do for any maritime accident. Are you the one to judge who reimburses which rescue? What about mountaineering accidents? We have rescue teams to rescue people regardless of why they get in trouble. Part of modern society.

[Anonymous]

I don’t have a problem with them visiting a tomb - people do that all the time. I have a problem with the waste of money and resources. It’s vulgar. Like riding the Bezos peni$ rocket to space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The submersible is sealed with 17 21" bolts that can only be unscrewed from the outside.

Really?? What an awful design flaw.

Why? It's not like they could open it, exit, and swim to the surface.

Nor could they open it if they float to the surface still alive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

Wtf?
You could buy someone a house in many parts of the country. Or buy 4+ people an affordable car. This is ridiculous, paying 250k to possibly die while touring a ship lots of people died on.

+10000

It is a statement of excess and extreme privilege

And now the taxpayers must foot the bill for their rescue mission.

Which we do for any maritime accident. Are you the one to judge who reimburses which rescue? What about mountaineering accidents? We have rescue teams to rescue people regardless of why they get in trouble.[b] Part of modern society.

Yes and those individuals are charged for the costs of the rescue. Just like this company will be charged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

Wtf?
You could buy someone a house in many parts of the country. Or buy 4+ people an affordable car. This is ridiculous, paying 250k to possibly die while touring a ship lots of people died on.

+10000

It is a statement of excess and extreme privilege

And now the taxpayers must foot the bill for their rescue mission.

Which we do for any maritime accident. Are you the one to judge who reimburses which rescue? What about mountaineering accidents? We have rescue teams to rescue people regardless of why they get in trouble. Part of modern society.

Also is the American Coast Guard even running this? Canadian taxpayers are footing the bill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have a problem with them visiting a tomb - people do that all the time. I have a problem with the waste of money and resources. It’s vulgar. Like riding the Bezos peni$ rocket to space.

If you watch the CBS video, it says that the "tourists" are subsidizing the scientists.