Passengers of the Titanic Submarine: The Five Remaining Lives Taken by the Titanic

This Friday, families, friends and colleagues remember the five who died in the tragedy of the submarine Titan -Stockton Rush, Hamish Harding, Shahzada and Suleman Dawood and Paul-Henri Nargeolet– other victims taken by the Titanic.

British media published separate statements from the families of the victims after the United States Coast Guard announced that debris found near the area where the remains of the Titanic were found matched the exterior of the submarine that had been missing since Sunday. with five people on board.

OceanGate, the company that operated the Titan and whose CEO Stockton Rush is among the dead, praised the submarine’s passengers as “real explorers who shared a special spirit of adventure and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans”. He added: “We are sorry for the loss of their lives and the joy they brought to everyone they knew.”

hamish harding

a living legend. In a note published by British media, the family of adventurer Hamish Harding, 58, described him as “a guide, an inspiration, a supporter and a living legend” following the news of his death. “He was unique and we loved him. “She was a passionate explorer, regardless of the field, who lived her life for her family, her work and for the next adventure,” reads the message of relatives.

The note said that “what he achieved in his lifetime was truly remarkable and if we can take one small consolation from this tragedy, it is that he died doing what he loved.”

Hamish Harding combined his work as chairman of the private jet company Action Aviation with his obsession with risky adventures. Before embarking on OceanGate’s fifth mission to explore the wreck of the Titanic — after paying $250,000 — he bought one of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space shuttle tickets last year. He holds three Guinness World Records, including reaching the deepest point in the ocean in a single dive with a mini-submarine, in the Mariana Trench. On Sunday, he posted photos on social media of himself signing the flag before the start of the dive.

SHAHZADA AND SULEMAN DAVUD

Grateful for the love shown. The Dawood family indicated that “like any tragedy, this one brought out the best and the worst in people.” “Some do whatever it takes to contribute and support; others use these moments for personal gain. How someone behaves in such circumstances reveals more about them than anything else.

The note added that “the family remains overwhelmed by the love and support they have received and is grateful to those who showed the best of humanity.”

Shahzada Dawood (48) boarded the Titan with her 19-year-old son Suleman. He comes from one of the richest families in Pakistan, but has lived in the UK for years and holds both British and Pakistani citizenship. He leaves behind a wife and a daughter. He was the vice-chairman of Engro Corporation Limited, a large company based in Karachi, and a member of the board of directors of the Prince’s Trust charity.

Also, the Pakistani conglomerate Engro Corporation of which Dawood was vice-chairman released another message expressing its condolences: “It is with deep sorrow and great sadness that we mourn the loss of our vice-chairman Shahzada Dawood and his beloved son Suleman Dawood.”

Shahzada’s older sister, Azmeh Dawood, also told NBC News Suleman told this to his cousin he was “terrified” by the affair but wanted to please his father.

STOCKTON RUSH

“Every time I dive, I see something I’ve never seen before, probably no human. [haya] already seen”. The phrase is from Stockton Rush speaking to the BBC a few years ago.

Rush was the CEO and co-founder of OceanGate, a company that designs deep-water submarines and conducts expeditions to the bottom of the sea. He specialized in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, following military training that made him the world’s youngest qualified transport jet pilot.

Wendy Rush, Ocean Gate’s director of communications, is a direct descendant of tycoon Isidor Strauss and his wife Ida, two citizens who died on the Titanic’s maiden voyage.

PAUL-HENRY NARGEOLET

one of the great explorers. The fifth victim is the Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet (77), former commander of the French Navy for 25 years, who participated in the first expedition to the wreck of the Titanic in 1987. Telegraph, His family emphasized that he will be remembered as “one of the great ocean explorers of modern history”.

“When one thinks of the Titanic and everything we know about the ship today, we think of Paul-Henri Nargeolet and his legendary work,” his relatives said. They added “that he will be remembered above all for his big heart, his amazing sense of humor and how his family loved him. We will miss him today and for the rest of our lives.”

This former French Navy diver was known as Mister Titanic, because he was the chief investigator of the wreck. He left a Navy job specializing in demining to pilot a small submarine called the Nautile that led the first expedition to the Titanic that recovered more than 5,000 artifacts, including a 20-ton hull section that is on display in Las Vegas. Since then, he has made more than 35 dives to the place where the legendary ocean liner rests. In 2010, he managed the most technologically advanced expedition that carried out the first comprehensive mapping of a ship.