On Thursday, the US Coast Guard confirmed that the chances of finding five passengers who boarded OceanGate Expeditions’ submersible named “Titan” alive were next to impossible.
This comes after debris was found 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic.
The passengers on board included OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
Some family members of the victims have since spoken out about their lost loved ones.
“He was one of a kind and we adored him,” The Harding family said in a statement. “What he achieved in his lifetime was truly remarkable and if we can take any small consolation from this tragedy, it’s that we lost him doing what he loved.”
The Dawood family also thanked rescue teams for their untiring efforts and said it was “a source of strength for us during this time.”
This story was heard around the globe with floods of opinions and speculations to go along with it.
THE MEMES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF RN #OceanGate #submarinemissing #Titanic pic.twitter.com/z0ydCkAhg6
— Idk (@Idk697107839660) June 22, 2023
Many actually found the situation to be “humorous,” stating that wealthy men going on dangerous adventures were “none of their business.”
The idolozing of billionaires reinforces a deadly system that values the lives of super wealthy over the lives of the poor as well as everyone else. So we get wall to wall coverage of the #Oceangate spectacle on CNN with little coverage of the 700 refugees who drowned near Greece
— Prof Zenkus (@anthonyzenkus) June 22, 2023
Billionaires be like.#OceanGate #Titanic pic.twitter.com/te2uQlOYpF
— Khan ki Princess (@Khanprincess_me) June 23, 2023
Some even called out worldwide media coverage of the search that overshadowed the aftermath of a migrant vessel off the coast of Greece that sank leaving hundreds of people dead just last week.
My only commentary. #titanicsub #Titan #OceanGate #implosion pic.twitter.com/obFxL4SseB
— April the Chaotic Good (@NeuroPoetica) June 22, 2023
What’s more, a TikTok video has recently gone viral nearing 60 million views as of Friday afternoon for comparing the OceanGate tragedy to an old episode of The Simpsons.
