Las Vegas tycoon Jay Bloom has revealed he gave up the opportunity to take his son on the Titanic sub that imploded. ‘I expressed safety concerns and Stockton told me: “While there’s obviously risk it’s way safer than flying in a helicopter''.
In a post on Facebook, Mr Bloom shared screenshots of the chats he’d had with Mr Rush, who insisted there was nothing to worry about.
‘Both May dives were postponed due to weather and the dive got delayed until June 18th, the date of this trip. Stockton Rush told Jay Bloom that the Titan sub voyage to the Titanic was ‘safer than flying in a helicopter or scuba diving’ Mr Bloom said that he last saw Mr Rush in person on March 1 this year when the pair went for lunch at the Titanic exhibition at the Luxor Las Vegas hotel.
‘Our seats went to Shahzada Dawood and his 19 year old son, Suleman Dawood, two of the other three who lost their lives on this excursion.’
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