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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Witness to Titan sub disaster tells of rescue effort: ‘We lived in false hope’

a white submersible under water
The Titan submersible. Photograph: OceanGate Expeditions via AP

Rory Golden, who was onboard the support ship for the Titan submersible that imploded in June 2023 while diving toward the wreck of the Titanic, has spoken about the fear and atmosphere of false hope among the crew during the doomed rescue effort.

“We had this image in our heads of them being down there, running out of oxygen in the freezing cold, getting terribly frightened and scared,” Golden told BBC News.

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