A family friend of Hamish Harding, one of the victims in the Titanic submersible tragedy, has opened up about her desperate behind-the-scenes efforts to get a remotely operated vehicle deployed for…
, has opened up about her desperate behind-the-scenes efforts to get a remotely operated vehicle deployed for the search.that she was shocked to learn that the British billionaire was aboard the doomed vessel, which disappeared on its way to the famed shipwreck.She said she felt for Harding’s wife, Linda, who was “very, very overwhelmed” during the agonizing search for the Titan, which had an oxygen supply of 96 hours.
“I had been working behind the scenes for four days to get the Magellan sub there and get their permits approved because they did have the capabilities to dive all the way down to the site,” Ryan told People. “And I actually brought a United States congressman in to work with the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard trying to get them clearance.”
Eventually, authorities announced that the Titan had suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” which killed Harding, 58, famed Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush, 61, Pakistani tycoon Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son, Sulaiman Dawood.
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