'Titanic' Scene Goes Viral Amid Search for Missing Submersible
The disappearance of the tourist submersible Titan while descending into the Titanic wreckage site is reminding people of a certain terrifying scene from Titanic.
In the first scene of the film, a crew enters the final resting site of the ship in a submersible similar to Titan, called Akademik Mstislav Keldysh.
In a clip that's been circling the internet from the scene, Bill Paxton's character, Brock Lovett, says, "Here we are again on the deck of Titanic. Two-and-a-half miles down. 3,821 meters. The pressure outside is three-and-a-half tons per square inch. These windows are nine inches thick. If they go, it's sayonara in two microseconds."
Lucia Briones, a Twitter user, took to the social media platform to point out the "terrifying" line from the film in light of the intense search for the missing sub, writing, "With time and oxygen running out for the five men, hopefully still alive, inside the #OceanGate #submersible, I can't help but be reminded of one of the eeriest lines in the movie, #Titanic. This scene has officially become terrifying."
With time and oxygen running out for the five men, hopefully still alive, inside the #OceanGate #submersible, I can’t help but be reminded of one of the eeriest lines in the movie, #Titanic. This scene has officially become terrifying. pic.twitter.com/ucyrD7T9Pv
— Lucia Briones (@Lucybri83) June 20, 2023
Many agreed that the scene feels spine-chilling now. "That last line has been on my mind since I heard about the lost submarine…Just a tin can imploding at the bottom of the ocean," shared another Twitter user.
Someone else added that the conditions are even more terrifying than expected, given that there are likely no windows: "I heard they didn’t have any windows on the Titan—not sure how true that is. They were looking at it through screens inside from what I read. Which would be horrible for $250,000. They were already peeing in bottles. They shouldn't be having tours like that or at all."
Others noted that the scary scenario presented in the movie doesn't match the horror of the real-life situation.
"To me, this is the best case scenario. Imagine just chilling while knowing death is coming. It's not gonna be a peaceful place forever. I'd assume mass chaos ensues at some point," read a reply to the tweet with the clip.
Briones replied, "I've been thinking about that all day. No food, no light, no signal, in absolute darkness should their light source failed [sic], then having to wait for the oxygen to run out…It is absolute terror. Poor souls. All the money in the world and yet they still can't be saved."
Someone else pointed out, "If they 'go' it's instant. If you're stuck on the bottom, it's hell on earth. Floating near the surface in something airtight and locked from the outside is not that much of an improvement. Let's all hope they make it out alive…"
Titan began its descent on the morning of Sunday, June 18. Things started to go awry when the submersible lost contact with its support ship, The Polar Prince, nearly two hours in.
Five people are currently aboard the missing vessel: 58-year-old billionaire Hamish Harding; Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Sulaiman; former French navy commander Paul Henry Nargeolet, 77; and CEO of OceanGate Expeditions Stockton Rush, who runs the company that organized the expedition.
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