I was trapped under the Titanic at the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 2½ miles
below the surface. The terrifying ordeal
nearly claimed my life, but I managed
to escape. Here's how...
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Rory Tingle
&
Mark Duell
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
6/20/2023 3:44:07 PM
A former TV journalist has told how he 'almost died' in a submersible that got stuck in the wreck of the Titanic - as a search continues today for five people who are missing 12,500ft under water.
British billionaire Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, 48, one of Pakistan's richest men and a UK-based board member of the Prince's Trust, and his son Sulaiman, 19, are among the group stuck in the 22ft underwater craft operated by OceanGate.
While efforts continue to find them before their oxygen runs out, ex-ABC science editor Michael Guillen revealed his own terrifying experience in 2000 when he became the first TV correspondent to visit the wreck
Reply 1 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 6/20/2023 4:05:12 PM (No. 1496128)
A person would have to be out of their GD mind to get in a 'vessel' that is bolted closed with you inside.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 6/20/2023 4:24:35 PM (No. 1496138)
I have also heard some trips never reached the wreck. Those mission was scrubbed due to something going wrong or they could not even find the site, but did return to the surface. Not surprisingly, the missions that failed were never publicized.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
snakeoil 6/20/2023 4:28:48 PM (No. 1496140)
Strange that the Titanic continues to take lives a century after its sinking. Am a couch potato and refuse to leave my easy chair.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
pros7767 6/20/2023 4:46:56 PM (No. 1496156)
Ditto #3. I more than happy to look at the videos.
Very sad state of affairs. They will need God's intervention to save them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ThreeBadCats3 6/20/2023 7:02:43 PM (No. 1496215)
I don’t see in these discussions how many outfits are providing this adventure, and how often do they occur? It is difficult to understand the motive to convince anyone to undertake this.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 6/20/2023 7:45:14 PM (No. 1496233)
Bolted INSIDE with OUTSIDE bolts?!
Reading this, I’m having heart palpitations and a mini panic attack, to say nothing of the clawing claustrophobia feelings.
You have to have a bit of a loose screw (no pun intended) to undertake this adventure.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/20/2023 8:09:39 PM (No. 1496240)
Bolted into a glorified pipe with 17 bolts, only accessible from outside by a person with the correct size wrench.
It's entirely possible that this "vessel" is bobbing around on the surface with all passengers praying for rescue, while search aircraft are unable to spot it amongst the white caps of a turbulent ocean. Imagine the frustration of those locked within knowing that they are at ambient pressure, but can't get out without assistance. That's the time claustrophobia will become greatest.
My personal opinion is that when they lost the sonar "pings" from it that that was the time it imploded. A catastrophic implosion would have seriously destroyed all electronic devices installed to refloat the ship or to signal its location or status. If it imploded it's probably pretty much shrapnel at the bottom of the ocean and no one realized what hit them.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mifla 6/21/2023 5:45:04 AM (No. 1496405)
I learned from an early age not to put myself in harm's way.
I don't jump out of perfectly good airplanes, don't go bungee jumping off of cliffs, and don't go down to crush depth in the ocean. I may be boring, but I can live with that.
Prayers for them.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
homefry 6/21/2023 7:49:01 AM (No. 1496455)
OH! I thought this was david hogg talking.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 6/21/2023 11:04:53 PM (No. 1497177)
I have taken many risks in my life, but they are risks that I choose, after carefully evaluating whether the risk can be mitigated by my skills, training or safety equipment and coolness under pressure.
I do aerobatic flying, I rid motorcycles, I drive racing cars, I built and flew a homebuilt aircraft for 1,000 hours, I have done a good bit of cave diving over the years, and a lot of rock climbing on big mountains, up large cliffs. I have sailed the Carribbean in a small boat, often at night. These are all risky....but skills, training and safety equipment can minimize the risks.
However....I never did skydiving, my brother did that a lot, but I had a damaged knee. didn't want to risk it. And I never went down in any sub. I wouldn't fly a single engine aircraft over the Atlantic....like a couple of friends have done on multiple occasions. I avoid flying single engine aircraft at night. I do it occasionally, but plan on being on the ground before it gets dark. Doesn't always work out, so I occasionally fly at night. Yes, some things just don't make sense to me.
But, I don't judge other people's choices, but many would not my choices. This sub trip would not be my choice, even for free.
I would like to fly into orbit, however, if I could be on a solid, well tested spacecraft. Not likely to happen.
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