FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN

HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR DAYS. THE

FIVE MEN INSIDE THE TITANS

SUBMERGED ARE DEAD. EYEWITNESS

NEWS REPORTER CARLOS GRANDA IS

CLOSELY FOLLOWING THESE BREAKING

DEVELOPMENTS. AND CARLOS, WHAT

CAN YOU TELL US? WELL, AFTER AN

INTENSE SEARCH THAT LASTED

SEVERAL DAYS, IT ALL ENDED

TRAGICALLY EARLY. THEY HAD HOPED

THAT THEY COULD FIND THIS

SUBMERSIBLE IN TIME. BUT WHAT

THEY FOUND IS THE VESSEL IN

PIECES. THE US COAST GUARD SAYS

IT APPEARS IT IMPLODED, KILLING

EVERYBODY ON BOARD THE DEBRIS

FIELD WAS FOUND EARLY THIS

MORNING NEAR THE BOW OF THE

TITANIC. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY A

REMOTELY OPERATED UNDERWATER

ROBOT. THE DEBRIS IS DETERMINED

TO BE FROM THE SUBMERSIBLES,

EXTERNAL BODY, THE DEBRIS IS

CONSISTENT WITH THE CATASTROPHIC

LOSS OF THE PRESSURE CHAMBER

OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT IS LIKELY

THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT HAPPENED

EARLY ON THE WAY THE DEBRIS

LOOKED. IT APPEARS TO BE AN

IMPLOSION SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE

FOUND THE. A SECOND SMALLER

DEBRIS FIELD WITHIN THAT DEBRIS

FIELD, WE FOUND THE OTHER END OF

THE PRESSURE HOLE TO THE AFT AND

BELL, WHICH WAS BASICALLY THE

COMPRISE THE TOTALITY OF THAT

PRESSURE VESSEL. THE COMPANY

THAT OPERATES THE SUB ISSUED A

STATEMENT SAYING THAT THOSE ON

BOARD ARE LOST. THESE MEN WERE

TRUE EXPLORERS WHO SHARED A

DISTINCT SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE AND

A DEEP PASSION FOR EXPLORING AND

PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OCEANS.

OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THESE FIVE

SOULS AND EVERY MEMBER OF THEIR

FAMILIES DURING THIS TRAGIC TIME

. WE GRIEVE THE LOSS OF LIFE AND

JOY THEY BROUGHT TO EVERYONE

THEY KNEW. RESCUERS HAD RUSHED

SHIPS, PLANES AND OTHER

EQUIPMENT OVER THE LAST WEEK TO

THE SITE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE.

SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS FACE

TREACHEROUS WEATHER AS THEY

FOCUSED ON AN AREA WHERE SONAR

DETECTED BANGING NOISES

UNDERWATER. THE SEARCH AREA IS

TWICE THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT

AND TWO AND A HALF MILES DEEP.

NOW, THERE COULD BE A RECOVERY

OPERATION TO INVESTIGATE THE

WRECKAGE WITH THOSE REMOTE

VEHICLES. OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE

NOT GOING TO PUT MORE HUMAN

LIVES IN DANGER. THEY ARE

UNMANNED, BUT THEY HAVE THE

ABILITY FROM THE SURFACE LIKE A

PAC-MAN. THEY HAVE CUTTING TOOLS

ON THEM. THEY HAVE GRABBING

TOOLS. NOW, WHEN ASKED IF THEY

WILL TRY TO RECOVER THE BODIES,

THE ADMIRAL DID NOT GIVE AN

ANSWER. MEANWHILE ACCLAIMED

DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON, WHO HAS

BEEN PART OF 33 EXPEDITIONS TO

THE TITANIC SITE, SPOKE ABOUT

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