A tycoon has revealed he gave up his seats on the doomed Titanic submarine for the British businessman and his teenage son.
Jay Bloom has released text messages between himself and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush which shows the owner offering him and his son a "last minute price" of $150,000 instead of the usual $250,000 fee to board the submarine.
In February Mr Rush had asked the tycoon and his son Sean to go on the Titanic shipwreck tour but both May dives were postponed due to severe weather and the dive was delayed until June 18.
