Billionaire Hamish Harding's stepson says sub tragedy a ‘nightmare’

SHAH ALAM - In a somewhat poignant instagram story video, the stepson of billionaire Hamish Harding, Brian Szasz spoke about the difficulty surrounding the recovery mission of the ill-fated sea vessel that disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean on June 18.

“This whole situation is a f–king nightmare though, everything about it, especially what Hamish is going through down there, it’s just f–king God awful,” he said on June 21 in his Instagram story video.

“I appreciate the love and support. I haven’t slept in days, it’s not about me, obviously just too worried about my mom, the situation,” he said.

Brian's post comes after he had faced backlash for attending a Blink-182 concert amid the ordeal, including from rapper Cardi-B, who had publicly slammed the 37-year-old.

The search for the submersible and its five passengers was launched after it disappeared during a mission to explore the wreckage of the Titanic.

At the time of this story, U.S Coast Guard officials confirmed that the debris of the sea vessel 'The Titan' had been found on the ocean floor less than half a mile away from the Titanic wreckage.

OceanGate a private research and ocean adventure tourism company which organised the trip, believes all five explorers on board have died.

Hamish Harding, 58, is the chairman of private plane firm Action Aviation, had posted on social media that he was proud to be heading to the Titanic as a “mission specialist”

“Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023.” he had wrote.

He had previously travelled to the bottom of the ocean on the Challenger Deep and into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.

The father of two was a seasoned explorer and held three Guinness World Records, including the longest duration at full ocean depth by a crewed vessel. He dived to the lowest depth of the Mariana Trench in March 2021.