Vegas Businessman Turned Down Offer to be a Passenger on Doomed Titanic Sub

A Vegas tycoon did not like the percentages of surviving a journey aboard the ill-fated Titanic submarine — and his instinct saved his life.

Jay Bloom says he might have been a passenger on the OceanGate-owned Titan submarine that claimed the lives of 5 individuals after the vessel imploded throughout a voyage to see the remnants of the Titanic within the Atlantic Ocean.

OceanGate chief govt Stockton Rush even supplied Bloom and his son a candy low cost from $250K to $150K per individual — however Bloom nonetheless blew it off, which, trying again now, was a life-saving choice.

In a Facebook submit, Bloom shared textual content messages from February he traded with Rush about going on the Titanic expedition.

One textual content trade confirmed how Bloom’s son was clearly apprehensive about going on the voyage with Bloom stating, “My son’s friend researched what could go wrong and put a little scare in him. He’s excited to go, but concerned about the danger.”