# Titanic tourist submarine missing 6-19-2023 (Debris field found, passengers presumed dead. 06-22-23)

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**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-tourist-submarine-missing-6-19-2023-debris-field-found-passengers-presumed-dead-06-22-23/985781 "2023-06-19T16:29:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-tourist-submarine-missing-6-19-2023-debris-field-found-passengers-presumed-dead-06-22-23/985781/241 "2023-06-21T15:19:11Z")

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There are some morbid shipwreck stories where the starving survivors drifting in a lifeboat draw straws to decide who to will die so that the others will have something to eat. There’s even a term for it. “The custom of the sea”. In fact, I remember a [recent thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-draw-straws-to-determine-who-will-be-eaten-in-maritime-disasters/967761) about it 😉 In a small space like this, I doubt that anyone would be able to kill someone else unless it was a group decision. No one is going to sit by just a few inches away and not do anything.

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