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...that shows the people in the Polar Prince (including Stockton Rush's wife) react to a very audible sound as the Titan implodes:

It's not that it's super loud on the clip - it's definitely audible, but it sounds kind of like someone popping a bottle of champagne. I think it was somewhat louder to the people on the Polar Prince, given how immediately they all react (with Rush's wife asking "What was that bang?"). But it's mostly just...eery. The sound actually comes before the Polar Prince receives the final message from PH Nargolet that they just dropped two weights (something they always did as they approached the bottom of the ocean near the bow, so they wouldn't just slam onto the ocean floor). It took several seconds or so for texts from the sub to reach the surface, so it really highlights that the implosion happened immediately after PH sent that text.

Between this and the clip released a few months back of the sound captured by the Navy from over 90 miles away, it really shows just how violent this implosion was. Sound travels much better in water, to be sure, but for such a noise to be heard SO audibly not just 90 miles away under water, but also on the surface (which, you know, was about two and a half miles down)...just very eery.

As a longtime Titanic nerd, I was very aware of PH Nargolet, who was such an esteemed expert regarding Titanic. I was aware of the Titan sub and Stockton Rush too - I had watched footage of the wreck that his company had released. Although I was skeptical that the design of the pressure vessel was safe. I admired PH, though. It's sad and disappointing, because he KNEW his presence provided legitimacy and helped persuade people that the sub was safe, when there's just no way he didn't know it wasn't at all safe. There was a 19-year-old boy on that sub. PH should've known better and done better. If that was the way he wanted to go out, whatever, but go down there with Stockton alone. Or at least don't bring 19-year-old kids down there.