Last spring, Daley was looking forward to a visit with his old friend, the famous French explorer and submariner Paul-Henri Nargeolet. They had met in 1998 when Nargeolet dove in the French sub Nautile to recover a 17-tonne section of the Titanic.
PH, as he was known to his many friends around the world, had joined OceanGate’s dives over the last couple of summers.
Titanic had been Nargeolet’s calling since his first dive to it in 1987. He had 37 dives to the wreck. The 77-year-old’s mere presence had a calming effect on OceanGate’s paying passengers as they were
