The story of those who have already gone to the bottom of the sea to see the wreckage of the Titanic

Visiting the sunken Titanic is an unforgettable adventure. This is guaranteed by Tom Zaller, President and CEO of Imagine Exhibitions and producer of Titanic: The Exhibition, who traveled to the bottom of the sea 23 years ago to see (and film) the ocean liner’s aquatic tomb.

Tom Zaller said AFP that the journey to the wreckage would become progressively colder and darker, and describes the expedition as “dreadful”.

“When you start on the surface, it’s pretty warm inside. But when you go down, it gets cold,” Tom Zaller told the French news agency.

Zaller’s journey took place over two decades ago. “The submarine is an airtight sphere two meters wide,” he described. “There is a pilot’s seat in the center and two benches on the sides, with three observation points. There is an entrance portal at the top, and when you go down into the interior of the submarine, you close it from the inside and there is no way back. This is a big commitment,” he added. He.

The CEO admitted to being “terrified” during the trip. As the submarine begins to sink, the blue waters get darker and darker. Nothing is visible for about two and a half hours. The submersible stores all the energy that will be used at the bottom of the sea.

“When you look out of the portal, it’s a little cloudy. And as you become buoyant, you begin to move forward and pass through this cloud. Imagine that you are passing through this cloud and you are in a completely still environment at the bottom of the ocean, knowing that you are at a depth of 3800 meters and seeing the wreckage, a giant piece of the Titanic, we can see a cup or teapot, the side of a ship that has become separated from the rest of the ship. and Captain Smith’s bath full of water,” he said.

Tom Zaller remembers that the submersible is a very small vessel and that it is three and a half kilometers deep. He remembers picking up a camera and taking pictures. When he saw the video again, he said he was “horrified”.

The producer knows Nargeoleth, who died on the underwater Titan, as well as Rush, whom he contacted a few days before the tragedy.

Remember that this Sunday A submarine with five people on board went missing while visiting the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 600 kilometers southeast of Canada. This Thursday, the US Coast Guard confirmed a “catastrophic explosion” of a submersible and the death of all passengers.