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Las Vegas Investor & Son Gave Up Seats On Doomed Titanic Sub Trip Over 'Safety Concerns'

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In the 24 hours since we learned the Titan submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” claiming the lives of the five passengers on board — OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman, and British billionaire Hamish Harding — the world has come together to mourn with the families of the unfortunate victims.

But the tragedy of the Titanic expedition hit this Las Vegas financier different — because he was supposed to be on the sub! Related: OceanGate Sub Passenegr’s Stepson Opens Up About ‘Nightmare’ 4-Day Search Jay Bloom, a wealthy Las Vegas investor, real estate developer, and friend of Stockton, revealed in a Monday Facebook post that the OceanGate exec had been attempting to get him to join on an expedition in the Titan “for a year now.” He explained at the time, prior to the implosion confirmation: Absolutely wild.

What’s even more chilling is that after news broke of the Titan’s tragic end, Bloom got back on FB to share that he AND his son were actually lined up to board the sub, back when the date of the dive was in May: Wow.

He and his young son. Why didn’t he go? Ultimately Bloom chose to cancel due to safety concerns: That’s true. It’s something James Cameron pointed out — when he was discussing how Stockton and OceanGate had ignored the warnings of the deep-sea exploration community who worked hard to keep things so safe.

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