Titanic submarine passengers... Waiting for death?...

[keithbvadu2]

Titanic submarine passengers... Waiting for death?... We do not know if they died immediately or have now run out of oxygen. Some people have found themselves in a situation where they know they are going to die in a few minutes or a few hours. Planes have lost control but are still flying until they hit a mountain or run out of fuel. The Kursk had survivors who lived several hours but no hope of rescue. Those people had time to think about impending death and write their last will or notes.
One article mentions that they could still live for a while after they run out of fresh oxygen.

Time for some serious self introspection.

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I and many others have had a near-death experience.
I had a bleeding ulcer and was pumping dry.
Lost a lot of blood and was mostly unconscious for a couple of days.
Woke up for a few minutes and realized I might be about to die.
Was slightly pissed off about it.
Realized that I had no control about it so stopped worrying.
Worried less than two minutes, maybe less than one.
Thought about not going back to sleep to stay alive.
Went back to sleep not knowing if I was going to wake up.
One blessing(?) was that there was no one in the room to give me any advice.

[Bev54]

1. The US Coast Guard, just announced they have found a debris field right next to

the titanic. They have not yet confirmed whether it is the submersible.

[NewHendoLib]

2. NPR radio just said a debris field was located. Can't find

It in print yet

[Johnny2X2X]

3. If there's a debris field

It imploded, apparently all the way at the bottom near their target. Death would have been instantaneous.

[Dave Bowman]

11. I hope that's what happened instead of

them having a slow horrible death.

[roamer65]

16. If so, Titanic claims another 5 more lives.

[GreenWave]

4. Glad you survived the ordeal.

We may never find the submersible if one of the ocean giants captured it.

[Kennah]

14. Or if orcas ate it

[Goodheart]

5. Why this morbidity here?

[chia]

7. It's hard not to imagine what it would be like to be in that sub these last days

and not wonder about their mortality, our mortality.

[Goodheart]

10. When doomed some people take control over their own deaths, some do not.

This is not news. Why dwell on the obvious? To me it's more morbid than a true matter of discussion that will have edifying viewpoints.

[chia]

12. What edifying viewpoint do you have in mind? Not sure where you're going on this.

It is news, and people are rightly horrified at what has happened. There will be discussion about it, and people will find their own ways of relating to it, and processing it. There's no one way.

[Goodheart]

13. OK

[Scrivener7]

18. This is a discussion board where people discuss things. If you come upon a discussion you don't

find "edifying," and therefore don't want to engage in it, don't engage in it.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Reality

[markie]

17. ...

similar to you, I've had a couple of experiences and found that something in me took over and just said, ok, ride with it

interesting topic

[Oneironaut]

15. Why not?

I think a lot of posts like this come from empathy. It’s terrifying and upsetting to think others are suffering, and, discussing the issue alleviates that angst a bit.

[Goonch]

6. We can't control timing of death, just what we do as we're waiting

[brush]

8. There are going to be suits coming from passender's families...

as there have been reports that that industry is not well regulated and safety measures were lax and often skirted.

Granted, the passengers, rich adventurers who probably signed a waiver, had to know the risks, but most people wouldn't be caught dead, literally, on one of those contraptions.

[sl8]

19. Imagine being trapped for 16 days

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/16-days-to-die-at-pearl-harbor-families-werent-told-about-sailors-trapped-inside-sunken-battleship/


16 days to die at Pearl Harbor: Families weren’t told about sailors trapped inside sunken battleship

Originally published December 7, 1995 at 12:00 am Updated December 7, 2016 at 11:32 am

By Eric Gregory
Honolulu Advertiser

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