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Few more details from The Seattle Times: >David Concannon, an adviser to the company, said Oceangate lost contact with the sub Sunday morning. It had a 96-hour

Few more details from The Seattle Times: >David Concannon, an adviser to the company, said Oceangate lost contact with the sub Sunday morning. It had a 96-hour oxygen supply, he said in an email to The Associated Press on Monday afternoon. “Now 32 hours since sub left surface,” said Concannon, who said he was supposed to be on the dive but could not go due to another client matter. He said officials are working to get a remotely operated vehicle that can reach a depth of 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) to the site as soon as possible. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/a-search-is-underway-for-missing-submersible-that-takes-people-to-see-titanic/ https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/a-search-is...

jacooper 3y ago
He got lucky
- spoonfeeder006 3y ago
  Just like this persian who was given a lot of money to go on the Titanic's maiden voyage, but gave the money to charity instead. He came to the USA in 1912 and spoke out against the racism here https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abdul-baha_b_1419099 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abdul-baha_b_1419099 > Throughout his U.S. visit he swept aside the social protocol of segregation by insisting that everywhere he spoke be open to people of all races. Not the biggest crowd pleaser at the time. At the Great Northern Hotel on 57th Street (now the Parker Meridien), the manager vehemently refused to allow any blacks on the property. > "If the people see that one colored person has entered my hotel, no respectable person will ever set foot in it," he said. So Abdu'l-Baha instead organized a multi-racial feast at the home of one of his followers, with many whites serving blacks -- a subversive, even dangerous notion at the time.
  - profsummergig 3y ago
    The Baha'i religion is pure free thought. Truly admirable. Pity it didn't catch on (and probably never will).
    - saiya-jin 3y ago
      You may end up surprised, its a religion which handles meeting modern world and its values much better than any other major religion (maybe apart from Buddhism, if you consider it religion per se). Sad to see its cradle, Persia, to go full hatred on it. Interestingly, they found their safe haven in Israel. I hope main reason wasn't to just insult arch enemy, but rather simple tolerance.
      - spoonfeeder006 3y ago
        The were repeatedly exiled by persian authorities and ultimately sent to a prison city in Israel (Akka), so it wasn't their direct choice they ended up there. I guess the political situation back then was different. Abdul-Baha from the article above was with them, and His father Baha'u'llah as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h#Final_exile_and_imprisonment_in_%E2%80%98Akk%C3%A1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h#F... That said they would not consider their oppressors as their enemies but rather that the oppressor is hurting themselves more than their victim by depriving themselves of actual happiness Here is a letter Abdul-Baha's father wrote to the persian Shah while in prison. It is just incredible to say the least https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts/7#676145355 https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/...
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      This man subscribed to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)
prawn 3y ago
They went during a brief weather window. One of the people on board had suggested just prior to departing that this was likely to be the only trip the vessel made this season. Rough phrasing in hindsight.

jacooper 3y ago

He got lucky

spoonfeeder006 3y ago
Just like this persian who was given a lot of money to go on the Titanic's maiden voyage, but gave the money to charity instead. He came to the USA in 1912 and spoke out against the racism here https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abdul-baha_b_1419099 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abdul-baha_b_1419099 > Throughout his U.S. visit he swept aside the social protocol of segregation by insisting that everywhere he spoke be open to people of all races. Not the biggest crowd pleaser at the time. At the Great Northern Hotel on 57th Street (now the Parker Meridien), the manager vehemently refused to allow any blacks on the property. > "If the people see that one colored person has entered my hotel, no respectable person will ever set foot in it," he said. So Abdu'l-Baha instead organized a multi-racial feast at the home of one of his followers, with many whites serving blacks -- a subversive, even dangerous notion at the time.
- profsummergig 3y ago
  The Baha'i religion is pure free thought. Truly admirable. Pity it didn't catch on (and probably never will).
  - saiya-jin 3y ago
    You may end up surprised, its a religion which handles meeting modern world and its values much better than any other major religion (maybe apart from Buddhism, if you consider it religion per se). Sad to see its cradle, Persia, to go full hatred on it. Interestingly, they found their safe haven in Israel. I hope main reason wasn't to just insult arch enemy, but rather simple tolerance.
    - spoonfeeder006 3y ago
      The were repeatedly exiled by persian authorities and ultimately sent to a prison city in Israel (Akka), so it wasn't their direct choice they ended up there. I guess the political situation back then was different. Abdul-Baha from the article above was with them, and His father Baha'u'llah as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h#Final_exile_and_imprisonment_in_%E2%80%98Akk%C3%A1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h#F... That said they would not consider their oppressors as their enemies but rather that the oppressor is hurting themselves more than their victim by depriving themselves of actual happiness Here is a letter Abdul-Baha's father wrote to the persian Shah while in prison. It is just incredible to say the least https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts/7#676145355 https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/...
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    This man subscribed to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)

prawn 3y ago

They went during a brief weather window. One of the people on board had suggested just prior to departing that this was likely to be the only trip the vessel made this season. Rough phrasing in hindsight.