OceanGate Titan Update: Poison Drummer Rikki Rockett Furious Over Inhumane Comments About Victims

Poison drummer Rikki Rocket expressed his sympathy to the victims of the OceanGate Titan submersible tragedy and their families.

Several celebrities and rockers sent their condolences to the bereaved families of the victims aboard the OceanGate Expeditions vessel after the US Coast Guard pronounced their deaths on June 22. The authorities confirmed that the missing submersible only had a 96-hour oxygen supply, and a "catastrophic implosion" ultimately killed everyone on board.

Rikki Rockett Slams Insensitive Remarks About OceanGate Titan Submarine Victims

On Facebook, Rockett sent his condolences to the victims and families of the missing OceanGate Titan submersible after the announcement regarding the catastrophic implosion. At the same time, he condemned people who made fun of the tragedy through "inhumane remarks."

"Have YOU ever done something that was important to you, but seemed stupid and a waste of money to others? I bet we all have," he wrote in his first post. "I seriously think the collective consciousness can help in dire situations. Can't we please just offer decency at a time like this?"

He shared another statement on Friday in which he expressed his wishes that people would be saved in the future by learning from the recent tragic event.

The Poison drummer took his time to call out those "insensitive" people again and told them he would never see them "in the same way" again after they made fun of the catastrophe.

OceanGate Titan Updates

Rocket's posts came after an official exclusively told CNN that the Titanic-bound submersible had already suffered an implosion as of Sunday.

A US Navy source told the news outlet about the disaster after the dayslong search for the missing Titan, which attempted to visit the Titanic site about 13,000 feet deep in the North Atlantic Ocean.

US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, said that the debris found near the area where the vessel was diving is consistent with an implosion of the vessel.

Before the US Coast Guard held the news conference, OceanGate Expeditions released a statement as it grieved the five men who boarded the deep-sea submersible: Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and the company's CEO Stockton Rush.

They reportedly paid $250,000 each to attend the expedition despite the experts' warning due to the Titan's capabilities and risks they could face amid the trip, according to CBS News.

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