#Jay Bloom

[thepastisalreadywritten]

American financier Jay Bloom offered 'last minute' discounted price to sit in doomed Titan submersible with his son - but he turned it down over safety concerns

An American tycoon has revealed a text exchange with submersible chief executive Stockton Rush, who tried to convince he and his young son to pay for a reduced six-figure seat to see the Titanic by telling him: "It was safer than crossing the street."

By David Wu

June 24, 2023

An American tycoon has revealed how submersible chief executive Stockton Rush tried to convince he and his son to buy two tickets on the doomed Titan vessel.

Financier Jay Bloom shared the text exchange with Mr Rush months before the CEO died with four other passengers when the craft suffered a "catastrophic implosion."

He tried to offer his friend a "last minute price" of $AUD225,000, with the original cost of the seat valued about $365,000 in April for an expedition the following month.

The first messages started as far back as February, when the chief executive wondered if there was an interest to see the famous shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

Mr Bloom said his son Sean had been "put a little scare in him" after one of his friends researched the dangers of travelling in deep waters.

"I'm happy to have a video call with him. Curious what the uninformed would say the danger is and whether it's real or imagined," Mr Rush responded.

The financier said his son was worried about "perceived threats to the vessel," such as a sperm whale or a giant squid attack compromising Titan's hull.

"Yeah, very stupid. The pressure is over 100 million pounds. No sperm whale or squid is ever going to be able to mess with the sub," Mr Rush replied.

"While there's obviously risk, it's way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving. There hasn't been even an injury in 35 years in a non-military subs."

Three days later, Mr Rush would again try to reassure Mr Bloom and his son by sending a link to how deep sperm whales can go underwater.

Mr Bloom said he was not concerned about being eaten by a whale and decided to set up a Skype call, so his questions could be answered properly.

There would be limited text communication before Mr Rush sent a message on April 24, offering discounted tickets to see the Titanic wreck.

"Have a space on mission 1 (may 11-19) and 2 (may 20-28). Last minute price is $150k pp," the chief executive advised.

Mr Bloom said he would have to check his schedule to see if he could fit it in, as Mr Rush asked three days later: "Any luck?"

That trip would be later postponed to June 18 due to weather conditions.

Mr Bloom shared the messages to his Facebook page.

The financier even met face-to-face on March 1 with Mr Rush, who took him through the Titanic Exhibit at Luxor in Las Vegas before having lunch at a food court.

"He was absolutely convinced it was safer than crossing the street," Mr Bloom said on the post about his interactions with the creator of Titan.

Mr Rush also gave him a limited edition of a book of photos signed by him and French mariner Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who was also aboard the submersible.

Mr Bloom advised he could not join them on the once-in-a-lifetime trip until 2024.

Their tickets were later sold to prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, the latter who was "terrified" to go.

The fifth person was adventurer and British billionaire Hamish Harding.

The five men entered Titan and started their 3,800m journey down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday morning.

However, less than two hours into the trip, mothership Polar Prince lost contact with the roughly six-metre long vessel, which sparked a large-scale international search.

The United States Coast Guard on Thursday (local time) confirmed pieces of debris found near the Titanic wreck belonged to the missing submersible.

"An ROV subsequently found additional debris, in consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber (of Titan)," Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger told reporters.

Undersea expert Paul Hanken said five major different pieces of debris had led experts to conclude they were the remains of the OceanGate Expeditions craft.

"The initial thing we found was a nose cone, which was outside of the (Titan) pressure hull. We then found a large debris field and within that large debris field we found the front and back of the pressure hull," he said to reporters.

"Shortly thereafter, we found a second, smaller debris field and within that debris field we found the other end of the pressure hull.

"(It) ultimately contained the totality of that pressure vehicle. That was our first indication that there was a catastrophic event."

It was revealed the US Navy had detected an "anomaly consistent with implosion or explosion" where Titan was reported missing hours after the sub departed.

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada announced on Friday (local time) it has launched an investigation, as Polar Prince was a Canadian-flagged ship.

A team of investigators will travel to St Johns in Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador where they will "gather information and conduct interviews."

It will also coordinate its operation with other agencies.

TSB will provide updates throughout the investigation.

#Titan submersible #Titan #Titanic #catastrophic implosion #Stockton Rush #Jay Bloom #OceanGate Expeditions #Titanic wreck #Polar Prince #United States Coast Guard #Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger #US Navy #Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada #Paul-Henri Nargeolet #Shahzada Dawood #Suleman Dawood #Hamish Harding #Paul Hanken #St Johns #Canada #North Atlantic #Titanic tourist submersible

[higginslover]

Jay Bloom

This nerdy guy tickles me.

#Jay bloom

[romancemedia]

Cartoon Romances + Are They Really Gone?

#Ultimate Spider Man #Class of the Titans #Aladdin The Series #Generator Rex #Winx Club #Justice League Dark Apokolips War #Green Lantern The Animated Series #Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 #The Little Mermaid #Teen Titans Trouble in Tokyo #Moments #Bloom x Sky #Robin x Starfire #Jay x Theresa #Raphael x Mona Lisa #Damian x Raven #Razer x Aya #Six x Holiday #Ariel x Eric #Aladdin x Jasmine #Peter x Mary Jane

[alitteraladhdmess]

Good luck on the competition!!

Hey google is it possible to die from happiness?

@tmntaucompetition

#look at the little guy #those fat round eyes! I love them #and thank you for the candy!! #ask box #ghosty 0w0 ask #Jay txt #♥️​literaladhdart♥️ #tmnt au propaganda #tmnt au competition #BFO #BFO propaganda #rottmnt fandom #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt mikey #BFO!Mikey #bloom from oblivion

[jayjuno]

Fireweed, also known as Rosebay Willowherb, is in bloom everywhere in Alaska right now. These flowers are known to rise from the ashes of forest fires like a Phoenix.

#alaska #artist #art #jay juno #jayjuno #juno #america #feminist #united states #fireweed #flower #pink #barbie pink #blooms #botanical illustration #botanical art #flowers #floral #anchorage #summer #phoenix #goddess #gaia #wicca #wiccan #green witch #witches of tumblr #witch #nature #earth

[sesiondemadrugada]

Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987).

#wall street #wall street (1987) #oliver stone #michael douglas #charlie sheen #stanley weiser #robert richardson #claire simpson #stephen hendrickson #john jay moore #hilda stark #ellen mirojnick #leslie bloom #susan bode

[alcnfr]

A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) perched in an Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)...

#nature #my photography #blue jay #nature photography #jay #wildlife photography #redbud #backyard nature #blossoms #wild birds #blooms

[jacuzziwaters]

Sometimes I think a little bit too hard about how Winter thought his parents genuinely loved him and how he believed that the only way he could show how much he loved Violet was by showering her with money that I start sobbing.

#i have never done a 180 for a ML so fast #wdym you did this all for her #wdym you think money equates love #WDYM VIOLET WOULD LEAVE YOU IF NOT FOR YOUR WEALTH #what it means to be you #manhwa #winter blooming #violet blooming #jay's attempts at communicating

[ookaookaooka]

i had a lot of free time today so i spent like three hours documenting as many plants as i could identify in the 300-foot long parking strip i use as a garden. the amount of biodiversity in such a small place is WILD

#i had trouble identifying any of the grasses but there's at least 3 different species #there's two or three different species of dandelion type flowers #a teeny tiny white flower that's just about to bloom #a whole bunch of red deadnettles #some plants which i'm pretty sure are chickweed and nipplewort (heh) #and a single yellowrocket #the embankment across the sidewalk has english ivy himalayan blackberries and another flowering ground cover fighting for dominance #plus a few grape hyacinths being choked by grass #i saw so many finches and wrens and crows and jays and flickers #and so many insects! #aaaaa i love my garden

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

whats the ferris wheel symbolsim? I gotta know

*hollering from the catacombs* It's a metaphor for the ups and down of all his relationships and how each one has really good high points and really dramatic low points that are connected to decisions of his own making!!! And also his association with amusement parks in general (i.e. obtaining his True Potential in S1 and where he starts reflecting on himself + his dynamics with others in S6)

The three "pods" (gondolas? cars? cabins? what are the seats on a Ferris Wheel called?) are representative of Jay's three biggest relationships in Legacyverse: Nya obviously, Kai, and my OC Sunni (eventually). If I had a tad more room I would've squeezed Cole, Jesse, Zane and Lloyd in there too, but I also wanted to keep to the blue-red-yellow components of the original Fortune card as the focus SO those three it is.

Why those three? Well, that's too soon to tell. But I will say all of them get a moment with a Ferris Wheel + Jay at one point or another ;P

#jay every time he goes to an amusement park: my heart's about to bloom or break today #so yeah my explanation is a little rough because a) spoilers and b) it's far off enough that i am liable to change my mind #but that's the gist of my current thoughts :d #i was originally going to do a steampunk/gear theme #and then a pirate/boat steering wheel #but neither of those had any personal and/or overarching connection with jay as an individual #like for example the pirate theme could be applied to skybound sure but would be really out of place for prime empire #so i tried to go for a theme that was more core to jay and would be something that would carry out through his whole journey/arc/story #was also tempted to make this jesse's card #but he's more about probability than just straight up luck

[winxclubsource]

But you know, the thing that really makes Christmas special is hard to describe. It's... magic!

#winx #winx club #winxclubedit #winxedit #dailyanimatedgifs #animationedit #animationsource #cartoonedit #ch: bloom #m: main series #gifs #gifs: winx #*ours #made by jay

[catastrophic-crisis]

Downright Bunpiric...

I do like the background I made for this.

If you ask why some of the rungs are missing, it's because the arm was going to block them anyway so it didn't matter much.

#jupiterposting #golden-x-mage #id in alt #'did you paint the entire background' yes. #'did you have to' *sweats* #anyway I had a vision of doing this joke with bloom on so hiiii jay sorry about this. happy debut <3

[insomniac-jay]

DC OC | Bloom Isley

Gardenia, real name Bloom Joanne Isley-Quinzel, is the daughter of Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn and the half sister of Jester (Lucy Quinzel). She leads the second iteration of the Gotham City Sirens.

The daughter of two villains, Bloom has no qualms in continuing in her mothers' footsteps as a criminal. Her goal is enslave all plant life then use it to rule the world.

Bloom was born with Pam's plant powers with resistance to poisons and acids like Harley.

@calciumcryptid @peachyblkdemonslayer @autisticichihime

#jay's dc ocs #next gen au #dc comics #dc oc #harlivy #oc: bloom/gardenia

[alitteraladhdmess]

Bloom from Oblivion

Chapter 2: How’d This Happen?

Ik it’s late for me but I finally got this posted.

Thank you all 160 people who read the first chapter and apologizes for taking a bit to post this one. I’ve read it so many times that it feels so ooc for me but I hope that’s not the case for you guys.

Big plans ahead of us for this little journey, and a lot of pain.

♥️Have fun♥️

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt fandom #jay txt #bfo #future rottmnt #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt michelangelo #rottmnt raphael #rottmnt leonardo #save rottmnt #rottmnt au #bloom from oblivion

[love-songs-for-emma]

am i going to single-handedly create a fandom about jay holt from the video game "as dusk falls"? i just fuckin might

#i Cant stop thinking about him. ive literally been dreaming about him. i Need to help him. please #hes just a fuckin kid!!! (18?? 19??) hes a TEEN and his family is FUCKED and its not his FAULT #none of this was his fault. he deserves so much fuckin BETTER #also i thought i didnt care about vanessa but then shes got dead brother trauma hi hello hiiiiii #and now jay does too #fuck my LIFE #ive never been one for self-inserts but actually me jay and vanessa hang out regularly in a tree house we built #we laugh and shoot the shit and talk about what losing our brothers have done/are doing to our psyche #as dusk falls #jay holt #vanessa dorland #new hyperfix u say ? this one will be brief hopefully. bc the game is fucking. unfinished. stupid ass cliffhanger ass bjtch ass #plus im rewriting canon so jay has a good young life. no timeskip for MEEE #maria is literally just rambling. hi #.txt #the only fic ive ever written/outlined was about alana bloom from nbc's hannibal & she Deserved a rewrite #but maybe i need to indulge in writing jay holt's better reality TOO #theres a quote. hang on. a quote from a beloved piece of media. why cant i recall what its from rn #but theyre talking about different timelines n shish and one of them says ''maybe this *is* your best reality'' and its SO sad. fuck #is it hannibal. i feel like its always hanniba #no but also i feel like its not??? #its like ''this is your best life. youre not getting a better one'' #what the eff is that. im gonna be stuck on this forever #EDIT: IT IS FROM FUCKING HANNIBAL. BUT ITS GODDAMN FREDRICK CHILTON OF ALL PEOPLE WHO SAYS IT #''The optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true. #This is your best possible world Will. Not getting a better one'' #fucking CHRIST chilton #lines that go HARD

[jaywalking-rogue]

I was allowed to post silly/interesting And make Them Bloom facts on Tumblr and will henceforth use it for the greater good.

Anyway I want to talk about Yakamoz members' levels of English because there's some interesting deviations from canon and also I'm an English major, so enjoy.

Shiraishi An: around C1-C2 levels, fluent, much better than in canon. Taiga encountered a huge issue with language barrier when he first moved to America (although he wasn't half bad himself), and understood immediately that An would need English to survive in musical world going forward, because he definitely had plans for her to go beyond Japan. So he taught her a bit and basically made it so he would only talk to her in English & make her talk with him in English as well. An was initially frustrated, but as he was coming from the place of care, and it was kind of an interesting experience, she got interested in English and went out of her way to learn it even more by herself, at times taking it almost as seriously as she did singing.

She also met a lot of English-speaking people during her opera shenanigans, watched a lot of foreign productions and masterclasses and such. An was kinda interested to learn English at school too but soon got very bored with drills and grammar and in general felt like she's too ahead of the class to enjoy it. She still gets good grades in it though!

She's very good at keeping conversations, knows a lot of idioms and slang terms, but has a considerable accent since she never bothered with correct pronunciation and wouldn't know a grammar rule if it bit her in the face. Her writing is also lacking.

Additionally, An knows a bit (very little!) of German and Italian, because these languages has a lot of operas written in them.

Asahina Mafuyu: around C1-C2 levels, fluent, about the same/better than in canon. She is in very similar situation to An and is learning English because of Suzune's (Mafumom) concerns that she will need it in the future. Which, to be fair, she probably will! She started learning it seriously quite a bit earlier though, around the first year of junior high.

She's about as good at is as she is in canon, and is able to write essays and even poetry quite well. Her accent is also not as noticeable as An's; however, because of her often overthinking her correctness of speech, she struggles with keeping a casual conversation and sounds a bit "like a textbook". She's also not as familiar with slang terms and cultural context as An is.

She and An are known to exchange brief talks in English during practise or breaks, usually initiated by An. Although Touya could probably understand what they're saying, he prefers not to.

Aoyagi Touya: B2-C1 levels, about the same/slightly worse than in canon. Touya's primary source for English knowledge is school, and while he succeeds in it quite brilliantly, he never goes out of his way to learn more of it and couldn't be bothered to. Like Mafuyu, his speech is very proper and refined, and sounds very official. Could probably keep up with a business conversation, and he sometimes reads English books as a hobby, but not much else. He has very little practice with spoken English.

Tsukasa Tenma: A2-B1 levels, worse than in canon. Although canon Tsukasa's English is already... Debatable, Yakamoz!Tsukasa is considerably worse in it because he was never as interested in learning it. He only was invested in musicals briefly, soon focusing on his piano, and haven't watched much, if any, English media/musicals since, which hasn't helped. He keeps up with English at school and is okay-ish at it, on a normal level for a teen his age. That's about it, thought.

Kusanagi Nene: A2-B1 levels, about the same as in canon. Nene still spends a lot of her free time gaming, including online games, and has learned some English from chats with other players and watching reviews and playthroughs. She also keeps in touch with western musical scene, but it isn't much, and she's self-conscious when using English anyway.

Yoisaki Kanade: A1-A2 levels, about the same/worse than in canon. Although Kanade is distantly aware she'll probably need it if she wants to further her career, she doesn't have the time or energy to study English, and dislikes the idea of planning that far ahead anyway. She relies on Mafuyu when she encounters something she needs help with, and it has worked out for her so far.

#project sekai #and make them bloom au #project sekai au #project sekai shuffle au #yakamoz #jay chats #I just think they're neat okay