Capt. Jamie Frederick expressed disbelief at the support vessel crew’s failure to report feeling a slight shudder, stating, "It’s unconscionable they wouldn’t share that", emphasizing this information could have drastically altered rescue operations.
Matthew McCoy recounted a tense exchange with co-founder Stockton Rush where Rush dismissed U.S. regulatory concerns, stating, "If the Coast Guard became a problem, then he would buy himself a congressman and make it go away".
At the conclusion of the hearing, Chair Jason Neubauer urged all to honor the deceased, indicating the panel's commitment to completing their work and making recommendations to improve regulations.
The conflicting views of the submersible’s operation depict a tension between reckless profit-seeking versus the adventurous quest for knowledge, underscoring the moral dilemmas in deep-sea explorations.
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