The founder of OceanGate is on record as having said that he did not want to hire a bunch of “fifty-year old white guys” because we are “not inspirational.” He was specifically referring to submarine qualified people who know more about submarines than he ever wil. And far more than he ever imagined about how to safely operate underwater.

I have said this before and I will say again… the ocean is ALWAYS trying to kill you. And if you are disrespectful, careless, presumptuous, over-confident or even just sloppy, it will kill you.

Painfully, without mercy, without remorse and without any way to stop it.