welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in st. john s, newfoundland. titanic set out from here traveling 400 miles to the site of the title 42 for a ten-hour journey two miles below the ocean surface to explore the wreckage. there were five people onboard. less than two hours after their descent they stopped communicating with the parent ship. the u.s. navy detected a sound that could have been an implosion in area and reportedly forwarded that information to the incident commander. that was not released publicly. if the titan was still in act, rescuers needed to find it quickly because it had 96 hours of oxygen onboard. over the next hour, step by step through the five-day search for missing submersible, everything we know about what happened to the titan and its passengers, the risks of going so far down into the ocean and the warnings that had been raised about the titan submersible. just into cnn, a deep sea search and rescue mission with life-or-death con
that share a distinct spirit of adventure. families were immediately notified. here s what the rest of the world knows so far what we can learn. the coast guard saying an underwater robot found the tail cone of the sub along with other debris, all of it found in about 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic itself. they say the remote operations on the owes floor will continue. they didn t indepeicate for exay how long. so it goes on. so does the world. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. let s go to john tobin in new foundland. mike? all hope for a miracle is lost. people hung on, even the remote operated vehicle started to find bits and minefield of what they found started to work their way out to the general public where we learned about it. as you mentioned, the debris of the titan submersible fund about 1,600 feet off of the bow off of the u.s.s. titanic. all of the passengers inside the submersible have been lost. all indications are that it suffered a catastrophic
potential human remains. reporter: quite right. exactly, jake. and also questions about whether or not something like this could have been prevented. again, this all happening this morning when these officials who were running this massive search, at the time search and rescue operation, the remote operated vehicle that was down on the ocean floor early this morning at 8:55 a.m. came across that debris field. right now what they are doing is the r.o.v.s are still there on the ocean floor, still trying to map the ocean floor, still trying to figure out exactly what is down there in terms of debris. the coast guard earlier today, the rear admiral gave his assessment of exactly what happened and in addition to that a deep sea expert weighed in on exactly what was found. we found five different major pieces of debris that told us that it was the remains of the titan. the initial thing we found was the nose cone, which was outside of the pressure hull. we then found a large de
dead. the news comes after an intense search effort since contact was lost shortly after departure on sunday. two debris fields found 1600 feet from the titanic remains. the senior correspondent mike tobin is in st. john s canada tonight. mike, good evening. trace, friends, family and fellow explorers were holding out hope for a miracle and learning today all hope is lost. u.s. coast guard announced that the submersible titanic was found in five major pieces as you mentioned 1600 feet off the bow of the wreckage of the titanic itself. the pilot and passengers are all lost. the debris is consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. stockton rush chief executive of oceangate was the pilot. passengers were hamish harding. a businessman. he lived for the adventure. will are suleman and a veteran of 35 titanic dives. larry daily was a close friend of natural gas lay according to say what they are