Coast Guard security personnel fired at a U-Haul truck that ignored &#8220;multiple verbal commands&#8221; and approached the entrance to Coast Guard Island Alameda in California late Thursday night.
Video of the incident posted by CBS News Bay Area shows the U-Haul backing up toward Coast Guard security personnel who had formed a line on a road that leads to the entrance to the base. As the truck approaches the security team, numerous shots are fired, and the driver stops before speeding away.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Video from KPIX photojournalist Rick Villaroman shows a U-Haul driver backing up toward a line of officers outside US Coast Guard base Alameda before officers opened fire. This was hours after almost all protesters dispersed. Awaiting an update from police <a href="https://twitter.com/KPIXtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KPIXtv</a> <a href="https://t.co/UPrc3CDT3l">pic.twitter.com/UPrc3CDT3l</a>
— Sara Donchey (@SaraDonchey) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraDonchey/status/1981607870325014602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The shooting happened as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters gathered near the entrance of the military installation. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently <a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-immigration-enforcement-coast-guard-island-05d4c04c4936e85205e4c2320a5be945">arrived</a> at the Coast Guard base as part of the federal government&#8217;s illegal immigration crackdown.
Earlier on Thursday, federal agents and California Highway Patrol officers clashed with protesters outside of the Coast Guard base, as civilian employees left the base located on a small island on San Francisco Bay. The base has only one entrance, reached by a bridge. The Coast Guard security personnel were positioned on the bridge as the protests continued late into the night.
The Coast Guard said in a <a href="https://x.com/USCG/status/1981669551264715196">statement</a> on Friday morning, &#8220;When the vehicle’s actions posed a direct threat to the safety of Coast Guard and security personnel, law enforcement officers discharged several rounds of live fire.&#8221;
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Two men arrived at the hospital with gunshot wounds after the shooting, Mercury News <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/24/coast-guard-shooting-oakland-immigration-protest/">reported</a>. One of the men is believed to be the driver of the U-Haul, while the second man&#8217;s identity was unclear. The rental truck was later found by law enforcement.
The Trump administration said earlier this week that it planned on surging federal law enforcement officers to San Francisco as the president cracks down on illegal immigration and violent crime in American cities. President Donald Trump, however, said on Thursday that he was backing off those plans after some of his friends in San Francisco urged him to give Democratic San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie more of a chance to clean up crime in the city.
“I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-warns-california-democrats-arresting-ice-agents-is-a-criminal-conspiracy?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Warns+California+Democrats%3A+Arresting+ICE+Agents+Is+A+%E2%80%98Criminal+Conspiracy%E2%80%99">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;I told him I think he is making a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”
The Justice Department also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-warns-california-democrats-arresting-ice-agents-is-a-criminal-conspiracy?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Warns+California+Democrats%3A+Arresting+ICE+Agents+Is+A+%E2%80%98Criminal+Conspiracy%E2%80%99">warned</a> California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Thursday of potential charges, after Pelosi suggested that federal immigration agents could be arrested by state and local police.
“We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens,” U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a letter to the Democrats. “In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents.”

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In a fiery show of force echoing the new Trump Doctrine on narco-terror, the U.S. Coast Guard over the weekend captured, burned, and sank a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific — just days after the U.S. military obliterated an alleged cartel-run vessel from Venezuela.
As part of Operation Pacific Viper, the USCG Cutter Stone conducted three separate drug interdictions in one night, seizing nearly 13,000 pounds of cocaine and capturing seven suspected traffickers, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday.
DHS added a viral flair to its announcement, posting on X, “ASMR: @USCG  captures, burns, and sinks a drug boat.&#8221;
“ASMR” stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, which is a pleasurable, tingling sensation on the scalp and back of the neck that can spread through the body.
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ASMR: <a href="https://twitter.com/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USCG</a> captures, burns, and sinks a drug boat.
Over the weekend, as part of Operation Pacific Viper, the <a href="https://twitter.com/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USCG</a> Cutter Stone conducted three interdictions in a single night—seizing nearly 13,000 pounds of cocaine and apprehending seven suspected drug smugglers. <a href="https://t.co/wHRGUGYtTw">pic.twitter.com/wHRGUGYtTw</a>
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The video, which quickly gained traction online, showed the dramatic takedown of the vessel, engulfed in flames and repeatedly shot at. It’s the most visually striking moment yet in Operation Pacific Viper, a rapidly escalating Coast Guard effort that has already seized more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine since its launch last month.
The Coast Guard said the operation involves a &#8220;surge&#8221; of cutters, aircraft, and tactical teams working with international partners to interdict drug routes from South America. The weekend strike came just seven days after a separate, unprecedented move: a U.S. Marine Corps strike team sank another suspected drug boat in the southern Caribbean Sea, which officials say was operated by Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan narco-gang.
That September 2 military strike — personally confirmed by President Donald Trump — marked the first direct lethal action against an alleged cartel vessel under Trump’s renewed war on narco-terrorism.
Speaking from the White House, Trump declared: “We just, over the last few minutes, shot out a drug-carrying boat … These came out of Venezuela. And there’s more where that came from.”
He added that the action followed a top-level briefing with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and warned of more strikes to come. Secretary of State Marco Rubio echoed the statement, confirming the strike and noting the vessel was operated by a “designated narco-terrorist organization.”
With tensions rising between Washington and Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has deployed at least eight U.S. Navy warships to the region, ramped up military authority via cartel terror designations, and increased the bounty on Maduro to $50 million, citing his government’s alleged ties to drug cartels.
This double blow — military precision by sea and tactical interdictions by the Coast Guard — signals a new era in U.S. drug enforcement policy.
One thing is clear: the Trump administration isn’t just interdicting drugs — it’s sinking the whole ship.

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Authorities said on Friday that there are no survivors after finding a Bering Air Cessna Caravan with 10 people on board that crashed on sea ice after going missing over the Norton Sound in Alaska on Thursday.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, rescuers looking for the missing aircraft spotted the wreckage from a helicopter, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/missing-aircraft-alaska-search-10-people-eb496188285ed54c9a527f658d4ff70a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Cessna Caravan, which is a single-engine propeller plane, left Unalakleet, Alaska, at 2:37 p.m. local time and was supposed to land in Nome, Alaska, which is a short flight across the Norton Sound. At around 4:00 p.m., Alaska State troopers received word around 4:00 p.m. that the plane was overdue, and authorities began search operations.
The Coast Guard said that at 3:18, the airplane had “some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed.&#8221; Visibility was poor at the time of the crash as the area experienced light snow and fog.
All 10 people onboard the flight, which included nine passengers and one pilot, were adults, Lt. Ben Endres of the Alaska State Troopers said, according to the AP. Bering Air is based in Nome and operates passenger and charter airline services. Since the sea ice is unstable, authorities are trying to move fast to recover the bodies and any parts of the plane that will aid officials in their investigation into the crash.
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“They are on the ice as we speak,” said Nome Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jim West. “The conditions out there are dynamic, and so we’ve got to do it safely and the fastest way we can.”
Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski addressed the crash during a press conference, saying, “It’s hard to accept the reality of our loss.” Nome Mayor John Handeland added, “Nome is a strong community, and in challenging times we come together and support each other. I expect the outpouring of support to continue in the coming days as we all work to recover from this tragic incident.&#8221;
The crash is the third on U.S. soil in 2025. Last month, an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three service members collided with an American Eagle flight that had 64 people on board. The crash sent both aircraft into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people involved. Days later, a medical jet carrying a pediatric patient crashed in north Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and one person on the ground and injuring more than 20 others.

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A plane with 10 people aboard went missing while flying from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska, on Thursday, sparking a search and rescue operation from state and federal authorities.
The Bering Air Caravan airplane with one pilot and nine passengers left Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. local time, and Alaska State troopers received word around 4:00 p.m. that the plane was overdue in Nome, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plane-missing-alaska-10-on-board-nome/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=740695350" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The plane appeared to be traveling over the Norton Sound when it potentially encountered near-whiteout fog. FlightRadar <a href="https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n321ba#39086384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> showed a Bering Air Caravan plane last reporting data at 3:16 p.m.
&#8220;U.S. Coast Guard District 17 responded to an aircraft emergency notification from Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at 4:30 p.m. today for a Cessna Caravan that reported to have 10 people aboard,&#8221; U.S. Coast Guard Alaska <a href="https://x.com/USCGAlaska/status/1887733606472388886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Kodiak to search their last known position. The aircraft was 12 miles offshore transiting from Unalakleet to Nome when its position was lost. More information to follow as it becomes available.&#8221;
The Bering Air Cessna Caravan is a single-engine propeller plane. Bering Air is based in Nome and operates passenger and charter airline services.
Due to low visibility, the search plane flew over the water and along the shoreline with equipment that could help locate the missing aircraft. Authorities told people not to form their own search parties due to the weather. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department said, &#8220;We continue to expand search efforts to as many avenues as possible until the plane is located.&#8221;
In an update at 12:30 a.m. local time on Friday, the fire department said the plane was still missing.
&#8220;We do not have any updated information on the location of the missing aircraft. Crews are still searching on the ground, canvassing as much area as possible,&#8221; the fire department <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NVFDAlaska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> added. &#8220;The National Guard C-130 reported they found nothing found so far. The Airforce also sent a C-130 resumed the search and also have reported no visuals, and have one hour of flight search time remaining. If nothing further is reported, the next update will be at 9am.&#8221;
The incident comes after an Army Black Hawk helicopter with three service members collided with an American Eagle flight that had 64 people on board. The crash sent both aircraft into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people involved. Days later, a medical jet carrying a pediatric patient crashed in north Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and one person on the ground and injuring more than 20 others.

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The U.S. Coast Guard is &#8220;immediately&#8221; deploying more assets to the nation&#8217;s maritime borders to prevent migrants from illegally entering the U.S.
The move comes after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders to clamp down on illegal immigration. Within hours of taking office, Trump also fired Coast Guard Adm. Linda L. Fagan, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/politics/admiral-fagan-fired-coast-guard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partly</a> for her “failure to address border security threats.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4035591/coast-guard-announces-immediate-action-in-support-of-presidential-executive-ord/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday, Coast Guard Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said the military branch would swiftly act in support of Trump&#8217;s executive orders.
“The U.S. Coast Guard is the world’s premiere maritime law enforcement agency, vital to protecting America’s maritime borders, territorial integrity and sovereignty,&#8221; Lunday said. &#8220;Per the President’s Executive Orders, I have directed my operational commanders to immediately surge assets — cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces — to increase Coast Guard presence and focus &#8230;&#8221;
Lunday then listed six &#8220;key areas&#8221; where the Coast Guard will deploy more assets to carry out Trump&#8217;s plans. The statement also acknowledged Trump&#8217;s directive to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on all federal maps and communications.
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According to the Coast Guard, the areas of focus include: &#8220;The southeast U.S. border approaching Florida to deter and prevent a maritime mass migration from Haiti and/or Cuba; The maritime border around Alaska, Hawai’i, the U.S. territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; The maritime border between the Bahamas and south Florida; The southwest maritime border between the U.S. and Mexico in the Pacific; The maritime border between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of America; and Support to Customs and Border Protection on maritime portions of the southwest U.S. border.&#8221;
&#8220;Together, in coordination with our Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense teammates, we will detect, deter and interdict illegal migration, drug smuggling and other terrorist or hostile activity before it reaches our border,” the statement added.
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The Coast Guard&#8217;s new emphasis on cracking down on illegal immigration comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have begun carrying out Trump&#8217;s deportation operation. Trump&#8217;s border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News on Tuesday that ICE officers have been ordered to &#8220;go make arrests&#8221; of illegal immigrants with criminal records.
&#8220;[S]o they’re out there right now looking for the most serious public safety threats throughout the country,&#8221; Homan said.
Among the numerous executive orders signed by Trump on Monday night, the president declared a national emergency at the southern border, reinstated the &#8220;remain in Mexico&#8221; policy, and ended the CBP One app that allowed migrants to set up appointments in the U.S. to claim asylum. Trump also signed an order to end birthright citizenship, a move that has already received <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-attorneys-general-sue-trump-over-birthright-citizenship-exec-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushback</a> from 22 states with Democrat attorneys general who argue that it violates the 14th Amendment.
Homan called the executive orders “game-changers,” adding that they would lead to the “most secure border in my lifetime.”

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A documentary film is in the works about the ill-fated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oceangate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OceanGate</a> Titan submersible, and it promises to tell the story behind the headlines about the underwater craft that imploded, killing all five of its passengers in June 2023.
The film is directed by Aron Arngrimsson, who was the last person to see the Titan crew alive before the small crew set out on its doomed fatal trip to see the remains of the Titanic on June 18, 2023, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/titan-submersible-implosion-documentary-in-works-1236088385/?taid=6761ae58a1361c00013e3066&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
“He [Arngrimsson] exclusively tells the emotional experience of five Titan crew members, revealing the family stories behind the media headlines and exposing the painful consequences of an exploration gone wrong,” a synopsis from the producers read, per THR.
The documentary, currently in post production, comes from <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/titan-submersible-disaster-documentary-being-made-1236251341/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arngrimsson&#8217;s Dirty Dozen Productions</a> and RadicalMedia, the outlet noted.
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The Titan submersible disaster has inspired a new documentary from Aron Arngrimsson, who was the last person to see the crew alive. <a href="https://t.co/VXODAjQErb">https://t.co/VXODAjQErb</a>
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“The unprecedented access Aron had to the Titan crew, their families and this story, was remarkable,” Stacey Reiss, executive producer at RadicalMedia, said.
“He was there, first-hand, experiencing all of this in real time,” she added. “It was extremely important to us to tell this story authentically, given the tremendous media attention it received.”
The movie will include actual first-hand footage taken by Arngrimsson of the Titan submersible heading out on its fatal expedition.
“We are committed to telling this important story with the thoroughness it deserves, through exclusive interviews with the Titan crew members and in the aftermath with the families,” Arngrimsson said in a statement about the project.
After the ship lost contact with Titan in June 2023, a four-day rescue mission from the United States and Canada ensued including using airplanes, boats, and submersibles in the attempt to find and save the crew, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/titanic-submersible-oceangate-movie-1235740084/">Variety</a> noted.
On the fourth day, the United States Coast Guard <a href="https://twitter.com/USCGNortheast/status/1671907901542211584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1671907901542211584%7Ctwgr%5Ecbfebb9adb1227d0cfd8b029851173bec1af7999%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D574887action%3Dedit">announced</a> that a remotely operated underwater vehicle had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/titanic-sub-rescue-effort-cost-millions-and-oceangate-likely-wont-be-paying-for-it">found debris</a> from the Titan near the Titanic.
“A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic,” USGC Northeast said in a statement. “Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.”
“A debris field implies a break-up of the submersible … that really sort of indicates what is the worst-case scenario, which is a catastrophic failure and generally that’s an implosion,” marine scientist and rescue expert David Mearns told <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735">Sky News</a>.
“The only saving grace is that it would have been immediate — literally in milliseconds — and the men wouldn’t have known what was happening,” Mearns added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-photo-released-shows-titanic-submersibles-final-resting-spot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Photo Released Shows Titanic Submersible’s Final Resting Spot</a>

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The mayor of Newport Beach, California, blasted California lawmakers after a boat of illegal aliens arrived in his town and were apprehended by the Coast Guard.
The boat of 21 illegal aliens, including one Russian, two Uzbeks, and 18 Mexicans, was apprehended roughly a mile off the coast of the Orange County city late last week.
“When you have people from Uzbekistan of all places coming in through the southern border, something is broken,” Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/coast-guard-apprehends-more-than-20-migrants-boat-off-newport-beach-coast">said in an interview</a>. “We are told that our local authorities are prohibited from working with federal authorities to stop people like this.”
He specifically cited <a href="https://apps.sdsheriff.net/PublicDocs/SB978/Law%20Enforcement%20Services%20Bureau/Field%20Operations%20Manual/POLICY%2015_CA%20Senate%20Bill%2054.pdf">Senate Bill 54</a>, which prevents state and local resources or personnel from being used to assist federal immigration enforcement efforts.
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&#8220;Get your act together, figure this out, because we’re having real problems affecting real people, in your cities all across California,” he added. “You cannot continue to treat every city in California like a border city.”
It isn’t the first time that illegal aliens have attempted to enter Newport Beach by boat. Roughly 20 suspected migrants were caught on camera arriving at Newport Harbor before scattering in the spring of this year.
One resident expressed her concern following the attempted illegal entry, indicating that she’s worried about the toll that illegal immigration takes on public, taxpayer-funded services.
The incident is part of a broader trend of illegal alien smugglers entering the United States by boat. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-coast-guard-suspects-migrant-landing-in-malibu-second-in-weeks-on-california-coast">exclusively reported</a> that the United States Coast Guard was investigating a potential maritime human smuggling operation in Malibu, California last December after a boat was found on the shore.
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— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1737594353135030614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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That potential landing occurred just weeks after video footage <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/news/migrant-boat-lands-near-celebrity-mansions-in-malibu/">captured</a> a boat of roughly two dozen illegal aliens landing on the shore of Malibu, over 100 miles north of the United States border with Mexico.
Maritime smuggling operations are also notoriously dangerous. The Department of Justice recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-smuggler-pleads-guilty-to-maritime-smuggling-operation-resulting-in-11-deaths">convicted</a> one Dominican human smuggler after he attempted to bring 48 migrants to the United States illegally by boat before it capsized, killing  11.

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California Mayor Blasts State Lawmakers After Illegal Aliens Attempt To Enter Newport Beach By Boat

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A new photo has been released which shows the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oceangate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Titanic submersible Titan’s</a> final resting spot after the underwater craft imploded, killing all five of its passengers in June 2023.
During the U.S. Coast Guard hearing on Monday into the cause of the implosion of the OceanGate vessel, officials revealed a photo that shows the submersible on the bottom of the ocean floor in the North Atlantic Ocean, following its final dive to see the remains of the Titanic on June 18, 2023, <a href="https://people.com/photo-shows-moment-titan-sub-wreckage-was-found-after-implosion-8713551?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=14594199-20240917&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&amp;utm_content=091724&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;lr_input=a08f4ce0dc67f7e22d138c82b9ce538ad294bfaca0b145e2f563962e58e05ef7&amp;utm_term=AM">People magazine</a> reported.
The image shows the underwater craft with its tail cone embedded into the sea floor. The photo was taken by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), called the Pelagic Research Services 6000, which made the discovery some 12,000 feet below the surface.
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🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Newly released images have just revealed the wreckage of the OceanGate Titan submersible resting on the seabed, just 1,600 feet from the Titanic&#8217;s bow. The submersible tragically imploded in June 2023, killing all five onboard. <a href="https://t.co/Zt0xcx7dIp">pic.twitter.com/Zt0xcx7dIp</a>
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1835799379132694670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
Officials said during the hearing that the new photo has led to the “conclusive evidence of a catastrophic loss” of the submersible and the passengers on board.
Also revealed during the hearing was the final messages from the doomed submersible <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oceangate-submersible-tragedy-being-turned-into-feature-film">Titan</a>, with the crew messaging “all good here” only minutes before all contact was lost forever, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/final-message-from-doomed-titanic-submersible-revealed">reported</a>.
<a href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Portals/11/Headquarters/Investigations/Titan-Submersible/Exhibits/CG%20001_1%20TITAN_Animation%2020240915_v2.2.mp4?ver=5-KbTGgE5bFAVFruU0CTQA%3d%3d&amp;timestamp=1726499043115">Text messages</a> between Titan and the support ship, the Polar Prince, start after the vessel left the ship around 9:20 a.m. off the coast of Canada. After about 40 minutes, routine messages between the two took a turn with the Polar Prince asking numerous times if the submersible could see the ship on its display. When there was no response, the ship started sending urgent messages.
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After about 15 minutes, Titan responded that it had communication, and the Polar Prince replied, “I need better comms from you.”
Titan, in turn, responded, “yes,” and said they “lost system oand [sic] chat settings.”
At 10:15 a.m., the Polar Prince asked again, “status? do you see polar prince on your display?” Titan responded soon after, “yes,” and, “all good here.”
Minutes later, Titan notified the Polar Prince that they were “east south east [of] the nbow [sic],” which officials suspected meant the crew had almost reached their destination, the wreckage of the Titanic.
Titan then asked the Polar Prince if they were also at the bow, and Polar Prince said, “making our way there … your position jumps significantly each ping” — which the ship repeated to the Titan at 10:36.
At 10:47, Titan messaged that they “dropped two [weights],” and contact was then lost almost immediately, at 10:47:32 a.m., according to the Coast Guard. That was at a depth of nearly 3,350 meters and a pressure of 4,900 pounds per square inch, the magazine noted.
After the ship lost contact with Titan, a four-day rescue mission from the United States and Canada ensued including using airplanes, boats, and submersibles in the attempt to find and save the crew, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/titanic-submersible-oceangate-movie-1235740084/">Variety</a> noted.
On the fourth day, the United States Coast Guard <a href="https://twitter.com/USCGNortheast/status/1671907901542211584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1671907901542211584%7Ctwgr%5Ecbfebb9adb1227d0cfd8b029851173bec1af7999%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D574887action%3Dedit">announced</a> that an ROV had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/titanic-sub-rescue-effort-cost-millions-and-oceangate-likely-wont-be-paying-for-it">found debris</a> from the Titan near the Titanic.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/final-message-from-doomed-titanic-submersible-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final Message From Doomed Titanic Submersible Revealed</a>

OceanGate Offices As Titanic Submersible Still Missing

New Photo Released Shows Titanic Submersible’s Final Resting Spot

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The final message from the doomed Titanic submersible <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oceangate-submersible-tragedy-being-turned-into-feature-film">Titan</a> has been revealed with the crew of five messaging “all good here” only minutes before it lost contact with those on the surface.
During a hearing on Monday with the U.S. Coast Guard — into the cause of the implosion of Titan in June of 2023 — officials revealed that minutes before the five passengers on the submersible were lost forever, the crew had sent a message that the dive was going according to plan, <a href="https://people.com/final-messages-from-titan-submersible-revealed-before-losing-contact-with-surface-8713221">People magazine</a> reported.
<a href="https://www.news.uscg.mil/Portals/11/Headquarters/Investigations/Titan-Submersible/Exhibits/CG%20001_1%20TITAN_Animation%2020240915_v2.2.mp4?ver=5-KbTGgE5bFAVFruU0CTQA%3d%3d&amp;timestamp=1726499043115" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Text messages</a> between Titan and the support ship, the Polar Prince, occurred on June 18, 2023 and began after Titan left the ship around 9:20 am off the coast of Canada. After about 40 minutes, routine messages between the two took a turn with the Polar Prince asking numerous times if the submersible can see the ship on its display. When there was no response, the ship started sending urgent messages.
After about 15 minutes, Titan responded that it had communication and the Polar Prince replied, “I need better comms from you.”
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The Marine Board presented an animation model in support of the Titan submersible hearing. The entire video can be viewed from the MBI website <a href="https://t.co/3TwwWq8TGt">https://t.co/3TwwWq8TGt</a> and downloaded from here: <a href="https://t.co/7lZwbu0dXZ">https://t.co/7lZwbu0dXZ</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TitanMBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TitanMBI</a> <a href="https://t.co/PToLMpLFw0">pic.twitter.com/PToLMpLFw0</a>
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Titan in turn responded, “yes” and said they “lost system oand [sic] chat settings.” 
At 10:15 am, the Polar Prince asked again, “status? do you see polar prince on your display?” Titan responded soon after, “yes,” and, “all good here.”
Minutes later, Titan notified the Polar Prince that they were “east south east [of] the nbow,” which officials suspected meant the crew had almost reached their destination, the wreckage of the Titanic.
Titan then asked the Polar Prince if they were also at the bow, and Polar Prince said, “making our way there … your position jumps significantly each ping” — which the ship repeated to the Titan at 10:36. 
At 10:47, Titan messaged that they “dropped two [weights],” and contact was then lost almost immediately, at 10:47:32 a.m., according to the Coast Guard. That was at a depth of nearly 3,350 meters and a pressure of 4,900 pounds per square inch, the magazine noted.
After the ship lost contact with Titan, a four-day rescue mission from the United States and Canada ensued including using airplanes, boats, and submersibles in the attempt to find and save the crew, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/titanic-submersible-oceangate-movie-1235740084/">Variety</a> noted.
On the fourth day, the United States Coast Guard <a href="https://twitter.com/USCGNortheast/status/1671907901542211584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1671907901542211584%7Ctwgr%5Ecbfebb9adb1227d0cfd8b029851173bec1af7999%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D574887action%3Dedit">announced</a> that a remotely operated underwater vehicle had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/titanic-sub-rescue-effort-cost-millions-and-oceangate-likely-wont-be-paying-for-it">found debris</a> from the Titan near the Titanic.
“A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic,” USGC Northeast said in a statement. “Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.”
“A debris field implies a break-up of the submersible … that really sort of indicates what is the worst-case scenario, which is a catastrophic failure and generally that’s an implosion,” marine scientist and rescue expert David Mearns told <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735">Sky News</a>.
“The only saving grace is that it would have been immediate — literally in milliseconds — and the men wouldn’t have known what was happening,” Mearns added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oceangate-submersible-tragedy-being-turned-into-feature-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OceanGate Submersible Tragedy Being Turned Into Feature Film</a>

Final Message From Doomed Titanic Submersible Revealed

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The aunt of Suleman Dawood, the youngest passenger aboard the Titanic-bound submarine that officials believe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/passengers-aboard-dismantled-titanic-sub-likely-died-in-milliseconds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imploded</a> on Sunday, said that he decided to join the voyage because he hoped to bond with his father over the trip. 
Azmeh Dawood, the aunt of 19-year-old Suleman, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/titanic-submersible-shahwood-suleman-family-tragedy-rcna90678" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News that her nephew had been “terrified” about the trip but decided to join her brother, Shahzada Dawood, on the expedition to spend time with him over the Father’s Day weekend. 
&#8220;I am thinking of Suleman, who is 19, in there, just perhaps gasping for breath &#8230; It&#8217;s been crippling, to be honest,&#8221; Azmeh told NBC, adding that she was still in “disbelief” about the whole situation. 
&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;ve been caught in a really bad film, with a countdown, but you didn&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re counting down to,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I personally have found it kind of difficult to breathe thinking of them.&#8221;
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&#8220;He was my baby brother,&#8221; Azmeh said of Shahzada. &#8220;I held him up when he was born.&#8221;
Other victims onboard the sub included billionaire Hamish Harding, French maritime expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush. 
According to Azmeh, her younger brother had long been fascinated by the story of the Titanic and repeatedly watched the 1958 Titanic drama “A Night to Remember,&#8221; growing up. The Titanic sank in 1912 and lies some 12,500 feet below the surface, and about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean. 
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Hussain and Kulsum Dawood, the parents of Shahzada and Azmeh, asked for continued prayers for those lost in the sub. 
“The immense love and support we receive continues to help us endure this unimaginable loss,&#8221; they said. 
After several days of searching, the Coast Guard confirmed on Thursday that they found debris from the sub which had gone missing on Sunday. 
Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said in a news conference that a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) searching the seabed for the missing submersible found the rear cover of the Titan around 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow
 The parts of the submersible found by the Coast Guard led them to rule that the debris discovered is consistent with “the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” meaning all five aboard the Titan likely died from a massive amount of underwater pressure that killed them instantly.
Mauger added that it would be difficult to locate the bodies because the debris showed that it imploded due to the intense pressure
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

Titanic tourist submersible disappear on an expedition to explore the famed shipwreck

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After the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that the five passengers aboard the Titan died after the vessel imploded earlier this week, questions remain about the timeline of the implosion and the “banging” noises rescue teams heard days after the search operation began.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12?mod=wknd_pos1">reported</a> Thursday that the U.S. Navy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-secret-u-s-navy-system-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago">immediately began listening</a> for the Titan once it learned that it had gone dark and detected an implosion a short time later, which means the submersible likely imploded on Sunday. But on Tuesday and Wednesday, a Canadian airplane detected “banging” noises in 30-minute intervals in the area near the Titanic wreckage, causing people to speculate that those aboard the Titan were alive and signaling for help. 
So what were the underwater noises picked up by search teams days after officials said they heard the Titan’s implosion? Experts have some theories.
<h2>Search Equipment</h2>
The area surrounding the Titanic wreck was being searched by multiple ships, sonobuoys, and remote operated vehicles (ROVs) when the underwater noises were picked up. Experts began analyzing the recordings immediately after sounds were detected by sonobuoys that had been deployed by search aircraft. From the beginning, authorities said they were unsure of what was causing the banging, but according to some experts, it wouldn’t take them long to determine if the sounds came from humans, machines, or animals. 
“I think it would be pretty straightforward to determine whether something is an Earth signal or a biological signal or a machine signal,” said Dr. Simone Baumann-Pickering, an acoustic ecologist at the University of California San Diego, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/underwater-noise-search-submersible.html">according</a> to The New York Times. 
Matthew Schanck, the founder of maritime search and rescue organization Marsar International, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12226303/What-banging-sound-heard-Titan-rescue-bid.html">told</a> The Daily Mail that the noises could have come from multiple sources, but he said there is a high probability they were caused by search vessels. 
“Our understanding is the noise could have a number of sources,” he said. “The subsurface of the ocean is a noisy environment. But given the high density of vessels in the area operating their propulsion systems and heavy machinery/equipment in the area, this may have been picked up by sonobuoys.”
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<h2>Titanic Wreckage</h2>
As the search continued earlier this week, Jeff Karson, professor of earth and environmental sciences at Syracuse University, warned that focusing on the banging sounds as evidence that the five passengers could still be alive was “wishful thinking.” Karson said that the sound likely just came from junk in the ocean and possibly Titanic wreckage, which is <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-decaying-expedition/">constantly decaying </a>and falling to the ocean floor. 
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The professor also explained that sounds coming from the ocean, especially from an area near a shipwreck, could be complicated by echoes. 
“One possibility is that the sounds [are] bouncing around the debris. And so it&#8217;s a more complicated echo. It&#8217;s just not bouncing off of one thing. It&#8217;s bouncing off a bunch of things. And it&#8217;s like, you know, dropping up a marble into a tin can. It&#8217;s rattling around and that would confuse the location,” Karson <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12220611/Sonar-expert-says-banging-heard-sub-search-site-debris-falling-decaying-wreck.html">said</a>.
“Is it really banging or just some unidentified sound? I think that is a more accurate description right now,” he added. “There&#8217;s no telling where the sound is coming from or how far away it is.”
Dr. Jamie Pringle, reader in Forensic Geosciences at Keele University, was skeptical that the noises picked up by the sonobuoys came from the Titanic, however. 
“Noise from the Titanic wreck at that water depth would also be unlikely to travel to the surface,” he said. 
<h2>Marine Life</h2>
Another possibility is that the underwater noises picked up came from the variety of sea creatures living in the Atlantic, such as whales. 
Dolphins usually make high-frequency sounds like whistles that are used for echolocation, but whales can make noises that are lower frequency. While the recordings picked up what sounds like something clanking against metal in 30-minute intervals, pointing to a man-made source, Carl Hartsfield, a laboratory director at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/underwater-noise-search-submersible.html">said</a> it’s a little more complicated than that. 
“From my experience with acoustics, there are sounds by biologics that sound man-made to the untrained ear,” he said. “But I can assure you that the people listening to these tapes are trained.”
The U.S. Coast Guard is still investigating the circumstances surrounding the Titan implosion as questions are likely to swirl for weeks. 
&#8220;This was an incredibly complex case and we&#8217;re still working to develop details for the timeline involved with this casualty and the response,” Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/probe-seeks-answers-titanic-sub-catastrophic-implosion/story?id=100316037">said</a>. 
Two ROVs, one from France and one from Canada, will continue mapping debris fields at the site of the disaster. The admiral said the Coast Guard, along with the French and Canadian governments, will continue to seek answers on &#8220;how, why, and when this happened.&#8221;
OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush was piloting the submersible and was joined by billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, an esteemed French maritime expert with decades of experience diving to the Titanic wreckage.

Titan Submersible Search

U.S. Navy Detected Titan Implosion Hours After Voyage Began, So What Were Those ‘Banging’ Noises Heard By Rescue Teams?

U.S. Navy Detected Titan Implosion Hours After Voyage Began, So What Were Those 'Banging' Noises Heard By Rescue Teams?

Death came in &#8220;milliseconds&#8221; for the five people aboard the doomed Titan submersible, according to experts who spoke after pieces of the vessel that carried its passengers into the depths of the Atlantic to view the Titanic were discovered on the ocean floor.
A remote-operated vehicle (ROV) searching the seabed for the missing submersible found the rear cover of the Titan around 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow, Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said in a news conference. The ROV found more pieces of the submersible, leading authorities to rule that the debris discovered is consistent with “the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” meaning all five aboard the Titan likely died from a massive amount of underwater pressure that killed them instantly.
&#8220;A debris field implies a break-up of the submersible &#8230; that really sort of indicates what is the worst-case scenario, which is a catastrophic failure and generally that&#8217;s an implosion,” marine scientist and rescue expert David Mearns <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735">told</a> Sky News.
&#8220;The only saving grace is that it would have been immediate — literally in milliseconds — and the men wouldn&#8217;t have known what was happening,&#8221; Mearns added.
The iconic ship, which sank in 1912, lies some 12,500 feet below the surface, and about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
The Coast Guard admiral <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oceangate-on-search-for-titan-sub-5-people-on-board-have-sadly-been-lost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the news conference that it would be difficult to locate the bodies because the debris showed that it imploded due to the intense pressure. Mauger added that it was still too early to tell when exactly the vessel imploded, and they will continue conducting remote operations on the sea floor.
“I know there’s a lot of questions about how, why, when this happened,” Mauger <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/22/us/titanic-missing-submarine/74344464-7d97-5b86-bc98-88929bf8e3fa?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “That’s going to be, I’m sure, the focus of future review. Right now, we’re focused on documenting the scene.”
OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush was piloting the submersible and was joined by billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, an esteemed French maritime expert with decades of experience diving to the Titanic wreckage.
OceanGate released a statement following the Coast Guard&#8217;s findings, expressing their sorrow for the loss of life.
“We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” the statement said.
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Passengers Aboard Doomed Titanic Sub Likely Died ‘In Milliseconds’

Passengers Aboard Doomed Titanic Sub Likely Died 'In Milliseconds'

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