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(NewsNation) — When the Titan submersible imploded, no survivors were found. Now, nearly two years later, the U.S. Coast Guard has revealed that they found items that survived the implosion.

Officials found a still-intact ink pen and other items while going through the remains of the Titan submersible.

In a TikTok video shared by Discovery, a member of the Coast Guard talked about the recovery process and revealed how the pen was found. The pen allegedly belonged to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. Investigators also found business cards, Titanic-themed stickers, remnants of clothing and human remains.

All of those items have been cataloged by the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation.

The Coast Guard official in the video explained, “Items that were inside of the Titan at the time now become encased inside of the endcap.”

OceanGate Titan submersible had ‘sludge-like’ remains: Coast Guard

After the submersible was drained of all its water, officials were able to go through its “sludge-like” remains of carbon fiber, fiberglass and electronic parts. This is where they found part of Rush’s suit still intact.

  • The Titan submersible underwater
  • Matthew McCoy, at left, a former OceanGate employee, talks with the Coast Guard's Thomas Whalen after testimony ended during the final day of the Coast Guard investigatory hearing on the causes of the implosion of an experimental submersible headed for the wreck of the Titanic, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
  • An image of the Titan submersible before implosion.
  • This photo provided by Travel Weekly shows OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush on May 27, 2023. Rush was piloting the Titan submersible when it imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Arnie Weissmann/Travel Weekly via AP)
  • FILE - Submersible pilot Randy Holt, right, communicates with the support boat as he and Stockton Rush, left, CEO and Co-Founder of OceanGate, dive in the company's submersible, "Antipodes," about three miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., June 28, 2013. Rescuers are racing against time to find the missing submersible carrying five people, who were reported overdue Sunday night, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

“We were all just kind of getting all-hands-in and separating what needed to be considered as human remains and what was just other wreckage pieces. As we were pulling it apart, that is how we realized it was Mr. Rush’s clothing,” the Coast Guard official said.

The Titan pilot’s clothing was allegedly found caked in sand. This is where they found the ink pen and other items.

“Inside of that sleeve … it was the ink pen, business cards and stickers for the Titanic, and there was nothing else but that,” the official said in the video.

Audio released from OceanGate Titan submersible implosion

In February 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released an audio recording of what it believes was the moment the submersible imploded. According to NOAA, the sound came from a moored passive acoustic recorder around 900 miles from the implosion site.

The sound of static can be heard in the 23-second recording, followed by a boom, then more static.

The Titan had lost contact after an hour and 45 minutes, with officials spending four days searching for the submersible — that is, until evidence was found on the ocean floor of the implosion.

Along with Rush, four other people were killed on the Titan: Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman Dawood. OceanGate stopped operations after the implosion. An investigation by Wired showed that Rush had allegedly overstated the timeline for the project and lied about issues with the hull of the vessel.

OceanGate Titan meant to take customers to Titanic wreckage

The OceanGate Titan submersible was made of carbon fiber and titanium. It was supposed to take paying customers down to the wreckage of the Titanic, which is over 12,000 feet underneath the water’s surface. The implosion killed all five people on board in June 2023.

  • This photo provided by Travel Weekly shows OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush on May 27, 2023. Rush was piloting the Titan submersible when it imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Arnie Weissmann/Travel Weekly via AP)
  • FILE - This undated photo provided by Engro Corporation Limited shows Suleman Dawood. The missing submersible Titan imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Stockton Rush, and Hamish Harding, the U.S. Coast Guard announced, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Engro Corporation Limited via AP)
  • FILE - Commander Paul-Henri Nargeolet laughs at Black Falcon Pier in Boston on Sept. 1, 1996. (AP Photo/Jim Rogash, File)
  • In this photograph released by Action Aviation, company chairman and billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding looks out to sea before boarding the submersible Titan for a dive into the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to the Titanic on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Rescuers raced against time Tuesday, June 20, to find the missing submersible carrying Harding and four other people, who were reported overdue Sunday night. (Action Aviation via AP)

Rush was one of the driving forces behind creating the OceanGate Titan and using it for tourism purposes. The debris is still being examined by the Marine Board of Investigation.

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