The man behind the crew that helped locate the Titanic tourist submarine broke down in tears at a press conference as he was asked about the wreckage, saying they were hoping they were on a rescue mission.
Edward Cassano, chief executive of Pelagic Research Services, said his crew were "laser-focused on rescue" when they became part of massive search operation earlier this month in the mid-Atlantic to find the Titan submersible after it went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.
Glasgow student Suleman Dawoodand and his father Shahzada along with British adventurer Hamish Harding were killed on board the deep-sea vessel, alongside OceanGate Expeditions' chief executive Stockton Rush and French national Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
