there is that sense that the window is closing because of the oxygen levels on that craft and the gear finally getting go into shape. they do have remote-operated vehicles now able to get to that depth at the bottom and get eyes on things so hopefully we ll have information very soon. the coast guard typically does their press conferences around 1:00 p.m. eastern. they pushed that back a little later today so that may indicate that they have, they are trying to gather information and trying to understand exactly what is happening down there and what they have found. and by that time, hopefully, maybe they will have laid eyes on something and we will have a much clearer picture, two, two and a half miles beneath the surface of the ocean. and i want to read to our viewers what the coast guard put out. they said a debris field was discovered within the search area by an rov near the titanic. experts within the unified command are evaluating the information. so just so we are
in constant communication with the pisces 3, with the man roger chapman, tragically, the situation we are not in today. they also the same situation that the men on the surface today have, which is they didn t know where the pisces was initially. you know, the boys back in 1973, the way that they kept track of these small submarines was they had a buoy on the surface attached to the submarine using a very, very long stretch of rope. you think of the scene in jaws where the barrels on the surface, that s how they tracked it. unfortunately, the pisces, when it got to the surface, disconnected that buoy and then sank. so they had no idea where it was initially. i think when people compare the depth of where the pisces was versus where this submersible is now, several differences, including communication. you think this is not going to end the way it ended in 1973. but there have been major
well, what s fascinating is that the rescuers are finding themselves in the same situation today as the men back in sorry, 50 years ago in 1973. the titan is teacher than any other submarine that has rescued, pisces 3 in the same position, 1,700 feet down, the titan about 12,000 feet down if it s by the titanic. ironically, the system that could potentially get it to the surface is similar to the rescue in 1973. 1973 there was a massive rescue operation involving americans flying from san diego carrying a remote operated vehicle. the canadians bringing over small pisces-type submarine and the brits also bringing a small pisces-type machine. effectively, what happened was they pooled their resources and the difference then was that they were able to they were
20 years, this is very concerning. but in my opinion, until some type of confirmation is obtained, all rescue efforts must go ahead at full speed. it may still turn out that, sorry, false alarm. and i wouldn t want anyone else participating in the rescue effort to let go of their current activities. which our correspondent there, paula newton says, is happening. there is still search and rescue happening as they analyze the debris that the coast guard found. you know these statistics very well. the deepest ever underwater rescue was that of roger chapman and roger malson. they were rescued from pisces 3 which was only 1575 feet down
let us know what you re hearing. i want to go to steven mcginnly who is still with us. the author. explain the depth of the ocean and how that impacts the search. the ask i wrote about, the pisces, was a depth of 1,700 feet. thats the equivalent of the empire state building plus ten stories. that was the deepest rescue they had ever pulled up. they re at the depth of the titanic, almost 14,000 feet. almost unimaginable amount. when you re down there