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He took an OceanGate trip to the Titanic. Now he has 'survivor's guilt'

Bill Price had complete faith in Stockton Rush. Even when Rush's experimental submersible Titan lost communication with the mother ship about an hour into its descent toward the Titanic shipwreck on its maiden voyage in 2021. Even when Price realized the vessel's propulsion system was malfunctioning. Even after he became aware there was an issue with the mechanism that releases weights off the ...
Bill Price shown holding a Titan inaugural dive coin.

Bill Price had complete faith in Stockton Rush.

Even when Rush's experimental submersible Titan lost communication with the mother ship about an hour into its descent toward the Titanic shipwreck on its maiden voyage in 2021.

Even when Price realized the vessel's propulsion system was malfunctioning.

Even after he became aware there was an issue with the mechanism that releases weights off the craft so that it rises back to the surface.

"There was some apprehension of how are we going to get back up," Price told The Times on

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