“My first thought was, thank God,” Dawood told the newspaper. “When they said catastrophic, I knew Shahzada and Suleman didn’t even know about it. One moment they were there and the next they weren’t. Knowing they didn’t suffer has been so important. They’re gone, but the way they went does somehow make it easier.”

Uhh... No. There's been reports that they have audio recording of them realizing what was happening and were in a blind panic. They scrubbed said report from the main media outlets though.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Tigger: There's no difference between falling a thousand feet to the jagged rocks below and tumbling out of bed.

Piglet: Oh. Really?

Tigger: Sure. Except for the splat at the end they're practically similar.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah it cannot be easy to spend your last moments knowing that your hubris is about to turn you into a soup like homogenate.

[–] BearerOfPickles@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really? I hadn't heard that at all.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

I saw it here I think, so it could just be wish casting but I recall it was a legit source.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wanna know more, I wanna know what they were saying

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

"What do you mean my millions of dollars can't do anything to prevent being this imminent implosion? how dare I'll see you in cou-"

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i don't believe this. i'm not an expert but the explanation i heard of the physics involved was that between the pressure the vessel was under and the failure mode of the carbon fiber hull, any noticeable crack would lead to the immediate smoothiefication of any part of the occupants that wasn't incinerated first. ig anything's possible but unless that recording comes up i'm inclined to believe they had no more information about the safety of that bullshit than when they got on.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fair, and that thought did occur to me in the back of my min. It's probably the correct analysis that it's wish casting.

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

i mean, don't get me wrong. listening to stockton rush talk for 10 minutes in that coke can would have me breathing heavy too. there's certainly the possibility he accidentally let slip how the vessel had been progressively cracking apart. it's just it's a weird thing to cover up.