You guys still got bottom contact?
I cried.
For the first ten minutes, I cried a lot. I was really scared.
The U.S. Coast Guard.
It was comforting to see that...
So, when the search was on,
all the family members thought they would find them.
We all really believed. We had hope.
Everything had to be done very quickly, but
at that point, no one spoke about finding debris.
You've never seen that before?
How does that happen?
I have long felt that undersea exploration
is not an end in itself.
To enter this great unknown medium is the privilege of our era.
In what year did you begin working with OceanGate?
And in March of 2016, what were you hired on as?
And what were your roles and responsibilities in that job
as the Director of Engineering?
And how would you describe the workplace environment
when you started with the company?
Meaning... what exactly?
Where did this guy come from?
What do you know about Stockton Rush?
How do you read us?
When you speak slowly, just fine.
We are going to lift off.
I've got to say, being one of the first to go
to the bottom of the ocean
in an experimental sub
sounds frightening.
I appreciate the Titanic, but it took away a lot of time with my dad.
When I was little, we lived in the south of France.
My father wasn't often at home because he was often on trips with the Navy.
He did many missions at sea.
They discovered new objects,
retrieved them from the sea in order to protect them.
His work was his passion.
P.H., sub crew.
- Sub crew. - Know-it-all.
Most experienced submersible pilot nearly in the world now.
That's who you are, P.H.
He didn't work for OceanGate, I prefer to say it.
He was invited.
That is important.
How far away do you think?
I would say
five hundred.
Five hundred meters.
We are alongside the...
the hull now.
There is the bow!
Yeah, I can see the bow!
Oh wow, look there.
- What is that, the telegraph or something? - Yeah.
Those are all the plaques.
We do have to acknowledge
that he did do
what he set out to do.
He took a carbon fiber sub to the Titanic.
Where did it go to?
It went to 4,000...
4,009 (PSI).
I just can't believe it.
We couldn't even get past fucking 4,300 PSI.
Excellent piece of art.
It's a regular Jackson Pollock.
As the Director of Engineering, did you make all engineering decisions?
Did you make any engineering decisions?
And who would make the majority of the engineering decisions?
No, we are going to hit it.
For sure.
We got stuck underneath the bow.
I don't even know if I want to hear this story.
Literally, you could see it in the dome port,
and it was right behind us.
David took over.
He looked up in the dome port.
But yeah, we were right underneath the bow. It was great.
We saw-- Definitely there is a wreck down there. It's big.
How'd that go over at lunch?
Did he say that to you in regards to David?
Man, what the fuck!
As long as it doesn't crack, I'm okay.
That'll get your attention.
That will get your attention.
Unbelievable. 3,938 meters, Dana.
Close enough.
Could you go ahead and scratch that for the camera,
and say you did go to 4,000?
You're going to edit this out.
4,039, yeah.
Do you think that Stockton understood the risks?
It's called the Whistleblower Protection Program, right?
Yes, I will.
Were you able to talk to anyone about it?
Did you track what was happening after you left?
With the new hull?
Was there no hesitation at all?
That's pretty trusting.
And then that case just goes away?
What was it about the Titanic?
Were you aware so far that spring,
that they had not had a successful dive?
No. OceanGate, on the contrary, was silent.
Not even a little note, "We're sorry your dad died." Not even that, no.