The multi-millionaire who dreamed of being the first man on Mars: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush - one of the five passengers on his firm's missing Titan sub - is a Princeton graduate and lifelong adventurer who descended from two US Founding Fathers

Daily Mail ^ | June 21, 3023 | Danval Hussain and Emma James

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He is a descendant of US Founding Fathers Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton The saga of the missing Titanic submersible Titan continues to grip the world. And now three days after the OceanGate watercraft vanished, anger is beginning to mount over the doomed mission.

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush is one of the five men on the Titan, with around 20 hours of oxygen left.

The Titan is currently missing with five people on board after it lost communication during a dive to the Titanic's wreckage, which is around 12,500ft below the Atlantic.

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British tabloid focuses on Rush's fancy and wealthy background. Information about Rush, other key people in Ocean Gate and the other people on the lost sub.

[Levy78]

With those men as his ancestors he had the balls to call middle-aged white dudes ‘not inspirational’?

[canuck_conservative]

ironically, those trying to rescue him now are probably 80-90% “uninspirational middle-aged white guys”

btw, diving even to 300’ is bleeping dangerous ... 12,500 is insane

[Oberon]

Well at least he knew how to make an exit.

[allendale]

He was also an arrogant SOB narcissist who refused to hire “50 year old experienced white men”. He richly deserved his Darwin award. For the record someone identify the descendant of a great man who was truly great themself. Most times they don’t amount to much.

[Reno89519]

Too much pedigree BS. Seems frequent in articles around the media lately.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

At the age of 44, he decided that the final frontier was in fact, the ocean. Mars, he said, just wasn't economically viable.

The guy sounds like a dilettante who never grew up. I want to be an astronaut! I want to be a deep-sea explorer! Brutal reality normally forces guys like this to grow up and get a real job. But if you have a lot of money, you can continue to indulge in these silly fantasies.

[webheart]

What do they mean by anger is beginning to mount? I would be angry that some rich dude who spent millions on dying while doing what he loved is causing millions more dollars to be spent trying to find him. As for his passengers, they had to be aware of the risks but went anyway. Their families are probably pissed but there is only one guy they should be pissed at. Those passengers probably expressed some of that anger before the end of their lives. Unfortunately they are all in Davy Jones’ locker.

[larrytown]

And oddly enough, all that breeding and education still just produced a

[Red Badger]

Brits are a nobility-centered people, peerage and all that stuff. It’s who they are...................

[Red Badger]

It the British fascination with peerage...........

[Honest Nigerian]

It will make for a great movie and book.
Would be really cool if the story told accurately depicted the greatness of America and its founders.
(I know that is a lot to ask.)

[RWGinger]

First I have read this
In article timeline it says Tita sent final Distres call at 3 pm

[TexasFreeper2009]

then he went woke and paid the price

[TexasFreeper2009]

I hope the father and son stranged him before they died.

[Levy78]

I have noticed there are many ironies associated with this event.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Is this the fellow who hates 50 year old white guys?

[jjotto]

If true, the 3 pm “distress signal” without details should be considered a death knell.

[avital2]

i wondered if he would be the first to be killed as anger turned to desperation.

[proust]

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a type of task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge.