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Bloom said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush offered him and his son two seats on the submersible to see the Titanic wreck, but he pulled out over safety concerns.

A father and son gave up their seats on the ultimately doomed Titan submersible out of safety concerns just weeks before its catastrophic implosion, they have told CNN.Investor Jay Bloom

For a year, Stockton Rush had tried to convince Las Vegas-based investor Jay Bloom to buy a couple of spots on his company's submersible so Bloom and his son could experience the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of visiting the deep-sea wreck of the Titanic. On Thursday, the US Coast Guard announced it had located pieces of the Titan on the ocean floor.(via REUTERS) Bloom was intrigued, he said in an interview on Friday. His son Sean, now

US millionaire posts chilling texts between him and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush who offered him discounted tickets for the doomed Titan submarine.

(CNN) — A father and son gave up their seats on the ultimately doomed Titan submersible out of safety concerns just weeks before its catastrophic implosion, they have told CNN.

Financier Jay Bloom had turned down tickets aboard the submersible for him and his son Sean after fearing they wouldnt survive the trip after seeing how the sub had been constructed.

For a year, Stockton Rush had tried to convince Las Vegas-based investor Jay Bloom to buy a couple of spots on his company's submersible so Bloom and his son could experience the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of visiting the deep-sea wreck of the Titanic. Bloom was intrigued, he said in an interview on Friday. His son Sean,

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush called the Titan submersible 'way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving' and offered a 'last minute' $100,000 discount, texts shared by Jay Bloom revealed.

Jay Bloom, who had turned down tickets aboard the submersible for him and his son Sean after fearing they wouldn't survive the trip, said concerns had already been raised

The undersea implosion of a tourist submersible killed all five people aboard