Amid the covid-19 pandemic, actor and youtuber Alan Estrada, a native of Mexico, had the amazing experience of boarding a submarine to see the enigmatic Titanic, which sank in 1912. certain that he would not repeat the similar journey.

Estrada was one of the exclusive passengers boarding the submarine Titan, which was damaged last week after entering the waters of the Atlantic on Sunday, June 18. This tragedy killed four men and a young man who was not yet 20 years old.

The youtuber said he knew 297 people who could have had the experience of being immersed and seeing the Titanic.

The actor was the first Mexican to travel aboard the OceanGate company’s Titan submarine, El País, Mexico reported.

Despite all this impact that the Titan tragedy has caused, he relived for the press and his followers what he felt when he entered the depths of the ocean, 600 kilometers south of Canada.

The first thing he said was to describe the trip as “spectacular”. He doesn’t think he’ll enter another to repeat the moment: “I was aware that I was risking my life, I knew what could happen.”

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Before boarding the Titan, “the first carbon fiber submarine capable of reaching a depth of 4,000 meters, you must sign several documents.”

He indicated that one of the requirements to tackle is “not to suffer from claustrophobia”.

“The day comes to do it and they send me the release that I had to sign for responsibilities, and it was a Bible, that is, really a Bible, so when I read it I was very afraid (…) actually that when you die there is your p***” (…). No one can come down and save you,” he told Yordi Rosado, a Mexican presenter.

I am aware that I am boarding an experimental submarine that has never descended to these depths and that it is also the first carbon fiber submarine (…) that failures may occur which may cause injury or death

There I did say, “You’re risking your life.”

“We knew this is an incredibly risky expedition, we knew we weren’t going to an amusement park,” Estrada told El País.

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He told media last week that if all goes well, once inside the submarine it will take about two hours to descend to 12,000 feet, four hours will cover the remains of the Titanic and the bottom of the ocean, and two others his used to go to the surface, the medium mentioned above reported.

He confirmed that there was no indoor seating nor could you stand up. For bathroom had a box in case of emergency.

It was meant for a short trip. The Mexican was one of the “mission specialists” (as they called those who weren’t crew members) who boarded the Titan.

“The security protocols seemed serious to me, I felt like I was launching a missile, with every stop of the submarine, whether it was on the launch pad, in the water, and before going under the water, all the equipment stopped, they checked all systems.

But for those who entered the submarine, in his words, there was a truth as unfathomable as the ocean: “We knew it was an experimental submarine.”