I guess I'm a cold unfeeling monster. I really can't get too choked up about this. They payed a quarter mil each to go on that trip. They seem like intelligent people, the kind who aught to know going that deep in a tin can may be your last adventure.

If there's a villain it's OceanGate.

"Years before OceanGate’s submersible craft went missing in the Atlantic Ocean with five people onboard, the company faced several warnings as it prepared for its hallmark mission of taking wealthy passengers to tour the Titanic’s wreckage." (NY Times, 6/22/23)

I mean if you're rich and smart don't you check into these things? Or have one of your hirelings check into it for you?