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Financier Jay Bloom had turned down tickets aboard the submersible for him and his son Sean after fearing they wouldn't 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