Stockton Rush, Titanic sub's deep-sea 'daredevil'
Washington (AFP) - Deep-sea thrill-seeker Stockton Rush founded OceanGate in 2009 with the hopes of advancing submersible vehicle technology and taking travelers into the darkest depths of the ocean. Described by Smithsonian Magazine as a "daredevil inventor," Rush pushed the envelope of underwater exploration and complained about strict rules he said were holding the industry back. "It's obscenely safe because they have all these regulations. But it also hasn't innovated or grown -- because they have all these regulations," Rush told the magazine in 2019. In an attempt to raise his company's...