Man Who Turned Down Seat on Titan Sub Would Still Go to Titanic

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Investor Jay Bloom and his son, then 20, were set to go down and see the Titanic in the OceanGate Titan submersible. Then, Bloom talked to Stockton Rush.

If the Titan submersible that imploded in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2023 had conducted its expedition months earlier, Jay Bloom may not be alive today.Bloom and his son, Sean, 20 years old at the time, were originally offered two seats by OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. They were even offered ticket prices of $150,000 each, a discount from the $250,000 sought by Rush, yet the pair declined due to what was described as 'all kinds of flags.

Bloom called a friend who's an aerospace engineer and inquired about the use of carbon fiber for a submersible.'He told me that if it was built by Boeing for aircraft or spacecraft, that's built to withstand anywhere from one atmosphere at the surface to zero atmospheres in space in terms of outside pressure,' said Bloom, who's had a pilot license for more than 25 years.

 

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