Bear Grylls says there's one positive to come out of Titanic sub tragedy

18 July 2023 , 11:14

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Bear Grylls says there's one positive to come out of Titanic sub tragedy

Bear Grylls has shared his thoughts on the tragic OceanGate Titanic Submersible incident.

The survival expert, who's well known for taking on adventurous yet deadly environments, spoke about the tragic way in which the five souls were lost, but admitted that it could have been worse.

Chatting with Logan Paul on his Impaulsive podcast, Bear said: "At least it wasn’t five days of running out of oxygen in freezing cold, pitch black, terrified. It was an instant death once you get down there, so maybe that’s the only thing from the tragedy."

He added that despite it being a tragic incident and an "unnecessary loss of life," he admired their "their risk taking spirit" to take on the adventure.

Bear shared his thoughts on the tragedy

"The intent was good, we should all be living with an adventurous spirit. You’ve got to admire their risk taking spirit as well," Bear said before sharing why he wouldn't turn to subsea adventuring anytime soon.

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"If something goes wrong in the ocean there’s nothing you can do. The thing about subsea stuff is that it doesn't matter how brave, resourced or determined you are, how spirited you are, once that can [implodes] you’re in trouble, so it motivates me less," he told listeners.

The US Coast Guard confirmed last month that five people were all killed onboard the OceanGate submersible Titan.

The submersible imploded (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Days of desperate searching for Titan were launched after it lost contact with a surface vessel on Sunday, as search crews hoped it was simply stuck. However, OceanGate later confirmed all five of the explorers on board had been lost close to the wreck of the RMS Titanic. A "catastrophic implosion" is the likely cause.

As the devastating news filtered out, the mood in St John’s, the Newfoundland port the expedition team departed from, quickly changed from one of continual optimism to bereavement.

Bear admitted that it was an "unnecessary loss of life" (Christopher Jones/REX/Shutterstock)

The five victims consisted of three British citizens including billionaire Hamish Harding. Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood were also onboard along with French national and renowned diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet. OceanGate described the men as "true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure" and they had a "deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans."

Lauren Gordon