The family of one of the passengers on the sunken Titanic has spoken out after US Coast Guard (USCG) officials confirmed the ship had imploded near the bottom of the ocean.
Captain Hamish Harding, 58, died on June 18 along with four other passengers while trying to visit the famous wreckage of the Titanic. Founder and Chairman of Action Aviation, Mr. Harding was an avid adventurer and explorer with two spots in the Guinness Book of Records. 2021 post-dive record to Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, New York Times report. (Related: ‘Nanoseconds’: Expert details what collateral victims may have experienced in ‘catastrophic implosion’)
Harding left his wife and two sons remembered He issued a statement on behalf of his family as a “loving husband” and “a devoted father.”
The family said “he was one of a kind and we adored him” and the billionaire explorer “lived his life for his family, his business and his next adventure” added.
— Action Aviation (@actionaviation) June 22, 2023
Harding traveled to Antarctica with space pioneer Buzz Aldrin in 2016, helping an astronaut aged 86 to become the oldest person to reach the South Pole, The New York Times reported. Four years later, Harding repeated the trek with his 12-year-old son Giles, making him the youngest person to complete his journey, the paper said. In 2019, Harding partnered with former International Space Station commander Colonel Terry Bartz to complete the fastest round-the-world circumnavigation of the North and South Poles in a Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER long-range business jet, the paper reported. .
“It’s truly amazing what he’s accomplished in his life, and if there’s any solace in this tragedy, it’s that we’ve lost something he loved,” the family said. Stated.
Harding originally planned to dive the Titanic in June last year, but the trip was canceled after a previous dive damaged the Titanic. Not content with sitting around doing nothing, Harding decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with 20 of his family and friends, The New York Times reported.
Before the ultimately fatal dive, Harding announced his position as the expedition’s mission specialist on social media. “Because of Newfoundland’s worst winter in 40 years, this mission will likely be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023. Weather windows have just opened and we’ll be diving tomorrow.” I’m going to try,” he said. I have written.
Harding’s family said they were “extremely proud” of the cooperation shown by multiple countries, experts and industry players in the race to find the missing submarine, adding their heartfelt thanks to the search effort.
“He will leave a void in our lives that will never be filled,” the family said.
