Brian Szasz shared an alleged direct message from Travis Barker soon in advance of authorities confirmed that his stepfather, Hamish Harding, was killed in the Titan submersible incident.
Times just after Szasz, 37, produced headlines for attending a Blink-182 live performance when the Titan was lacking, he uploaded a screenshot through his Instagram Story on Thursday, June 22, that he claimed was from the band’s drummer, 47. “Praying for you and your relatives 🙏,” examine Barker’s alleged Twitter concept, which was seemingly despatched on Monday, June 19.
In response, Szasz instructed Barker that he would be in attendance at Blink-182’s display in San Diego that night. “Thanks for the adore fam,” Szasz included in a caption over the screenshot.
Hours later on, the United States Coastline Guard confirmed that searchers discovered debris from the Titan on the ocean floor, about 1,600 feet from the wreckage of the Titanic. “This is an extremely unforgiving surroundings down there on the sea floor, and the debris is dependable with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” Rear Admiral John Mauger explained in a news conference on Thursday, noting that it is however way too early to determine the timing of the implosion.
Harding, 58, was a single of five travellers on the Titan, which experienced been missing considering the fact that Sunday, June 18. The submersible misplaced speak to with the floor ship about a single hour and 45 minutes into its dive it was meant to have resurfaced afterwards that working day.
In addition to Harding, the other 4 passengers on board were being Stockton Rush, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman. Rush, 61, was the founder and CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, which operated the Titan. His spouse, Wendy Rush, is a descendant of Ida and Isidor Strauss, who died on the Titanic in 1912.
Immediately after the Coastline Guard identified a debris subject in the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, OceanGate launched a statement confirming the deaths of the 5 men on board the Titan. The organization has been getting shelling out travellers to go to the wreckage of the Titanic considering the fact that 2021.
“We now think that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet have regrettably been shed,” read through the assertion. “These adult males were being true explorers who shared a unique spirit of journey and a deep enthusiasm for exploring and preserving the world’s oceans. Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their households during this tragic time. We grieve the decline of daily life and joy they introduced to everyone they knew.”
Szasz, for his portion, has not nonetheless publicly commented on the discovery of the Titan particles. He earlier questioned his Facebook followers for “thoughts and prayers” after information broke that Harding was a single of the passengers on the Titan. In a due to the fact-deleted tweet, he also asked Barker and his bandmates, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge, for their guidance during the ordeal.
