At 9:59 a.m. on Monday, June 19, I received an email from an editor I had been working with at Scientific American magazine that read:
“I’m so sorry to read this morning about a submersible going missing, and I Just wanted to check in briefly and confirm that you’re okay.”
As my eyes scanned the text, my hands covered my mouth as I gasped, “Oh my god, oh my god,” I said to my husband Jeff, nearby. “The sub is missing! Holy crap!”
“What?!” he replied in shock. “The one that you were supposed to be on?”
We both got goosebumps at the thought. Within minutes, it was all over the news, and we were glued to the live coverage, hoping for the best possible outcome.
It all started back in January, with a blurb in an industry email newsletter that caught my attention. It was a call for “Mission Specialists” for an 8-day Titanic expedition, to study the deep ocean ecosystem and its impact on the planet.
Read the full article on Newsweek.com.