<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I might be off base, so should correct myself. I thought Mike had dived on the previous expedition, but I just heard he’s on the ship this time and was scheduled to dive. So the bullet he dodged apparently was even closer than I thought.<div><br></div><div>Another one was Karl Stanley. He posted on FB that he’d just recently done a dive on Titan as Oceangate prepared for the Titanic expedition, to similar depth but of course different location.<br><div><br></div><div>Alec<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 20, 2023, at 5:57 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp96af90d4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
        <div>I did not know Mike had taken the trip previously.  Stockton Rush was onboard and some of you may know him.  Must be about 12 years ago now but Dan Lance, myself, and a couple others had dinner with Stockton while attending MTS underwater intervention.  At that time they were just beginning to put together their company.  </div><div><br></div><div>Jon</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 09:34:44 PM EDT, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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                <div><div id="ydp96af90d4yiv4859104820"><div>I’m sorry to say I’m not at all optimistic on this one. What a relief Mike Caudle was on a prior trip. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Alec<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div id="ydp96af90d4yiv4859104820yqtfd21554" class="ydp96af90d4yiv4859104820yqt2838307772"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 19, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div><div id="ydp96af90d4yiv4859104820yqtfd02138" class="ydp96af90d4yiv4859104820yqt2838307772"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp96af90d4yiv4859104820ydpc2fa7343yahoo-style-wrap"><div></div>
        <div>I agree.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Jon</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
        
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                    On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 03:18:23 PM EDT, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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