2023-06-26 20:34:00
A couple from Florida (USA) who filed a lawsuit in February of this year against the owner of the tourist submersible Titan, Richard Stockton Rushannounced Monday that it withdrew the lawsuit after the tragic implosion that claimed the lives of the executive and four other people on board.
“In light of these tragic events, we have advised our attorneys to drop all legal action against Stockton,” Marc and Sharon Hagle, residents of the town of Winter Park, in central Florida, said in a statement.
According to the lawsuit, the couple shelled out more than $200,000 for a 2018 expedition in the submersible to the wreckage of the Titanic, a trip that suffered several delays and cancellations and ultimately never came to fruition.
The couple alleged that in 2019 they requested a refund from OceanGate, the company that owns the Titan, but never received anything they paid for.
“Money is a driving force in our economy, but honor, respect and dignity are more important to the human soul”the couple said in their statement, in which they announced that they will no longer continue with the lawsuit.
The couple affirmed that they followed the information about the future of the Titan capsule “with great concern and enormous sadness and compassion for the families of those who lost their lives”.
The US Coast Guard announced on Sunday an official investigation to discover the causes of the “catastrophic implosion” suffered by the Titan submersible, which disappeared a week ago with five people on board while traveling to see the wreckage of the Titanic.
The occupants of the Titan were the millionaire Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman, a 19-year-old student; British explorer Hamish Harding; the French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and the CEO of the firm OceanGate, Richard Stockton Rush.
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