Hello, dreamers, and welcome back to your latest episode of California Dreaming.

This is part two of our coverage of the 2023 implosion of Ocean Gate Expeditions, Titan

Submersible, that took the lives of the company's CEO and four other paying passengers.

So if you haven't listened to Part 1, episode 320, you'll want to listen to

that first and then come back to 321. We left off where we were going to begin the Ocean Gate

timeline beginning at its founding. So we're going to pick it up from there. But real quick,

I want to thank those of you who responded

to me saying in my last episode that Patreon could use some love. Several of you came through for me,

and I appreciate you so much. This podcast has sustained me for the better part of the last eight

years, and you continue to do so. And I'm so grateful for it. The oil shop is

improving but I'm still in the red so every little bit helps and I'm so so grateful for all of you.

I'm also moving to a bigger apartment this weekend so I am recording this right before I start

packing because I didn't want to leave

part two hanging in limbo without any idea of when I was going to have it done I have until the

17th to move and I just picked up the keys right before I sat down to do this so I'm really excited

all right let's get to the episode.

OceanGate was founded, as I stated, in 2009, and was based in Everett, Washington.

And of this, an article on independent.co.uk said, quote,

Stockton Rush chose Everett for his company, Ocean Gate,

because it was close to Boeing's factory and aerospace firms,

which provided expertise in using titanium and carbon fiber for submersible technology.

This location was crucial for the development of the Titan submersible, which Rush aimed to create to explore the deep ocean and to provide better access

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