Former OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expedition | CNN
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Former OceanGate employee Matthew McCoy testified Friday that at a lunch meeting in September 2017, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him that if he ran into any issues with the US Coast Guard ahead of the Titan expedition, Rush “would buy a congressman” and make the problems “go away.”
  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    20·
    1 hour ago

    The only person I felt for on the sub was the kid forced onto that thing by his father. He was terrified and thinking that his last moments on this earth were full of dread and fear, makes me sad.

    His dad was a dickhead for doing that and a told my kids if I ever try to make them do anything like that, punch me in the nads and run.

    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
      12·
      2 hours ago

      A bit of career suicide for visibility on government corruption?

      Sure he’s a tool, but this will likely make a lot of people feel a little uncomfortable.

      At least for twenty seconds or so.