Thank you, he sounds like quite a strange guy to me.
Hey we all have our quirks, right? I honestly don’t know what to think.
Personally, I hate that this ego grab by two adult men is soiling this remarkable rescue feat that many of us here kept vigil.
I was with you on not knowing what to think so I read both Vernon Unsworth's 66 pg complaint and Elon Musk's response to the complaint and I think they both acted like bullies and need to grow up.
In reading the documents, I learned that Musk became involved after a random individual from Africa sent a public tweet to him on July 3 asking Musk to assist any way he could to help rescue the Thai boys and their coach out of the cave. Musk responded to the tweet at 7:02 AM on July 4 -- stating he suspected the Thai govt had it under control but was happy to help if there was a way to do so.
I don't know much about Musk but I do know engineers and was not surprised whatsoever to see a number of tweets by random engineers that followed -- complete with sketches and design ideas for a cave rescue vessel.
Further inspired by others, I learned Musk contacted Thai govt to offer any assistance needed for the rescue from emergency power supply, boring equipment, to designing a rescue vessel. It was clear Musk's offer to help was graciously accepted before he sent a crew of his staff to Thailand to obtain knowledge about the caves directly from the divers at the scene (plaintiff was never at the cave scene). In a matter of days -- about 50 men and women designed and built 3 different pods-- working round the clock while most were enjoying an extended holiday weekend.
While testing the pod in a swimming pool, the rescue of the first boy occurred. At this news, Musk asked if they should still send the pod and was asked to do so as rescuers believed the weather or unknown failures could change the course at any moment.
In the end, sedating the boys and taking them out of the cave one by one was successful. Nonetheless, the Thai govt and rescuers asked to keep the pods for their own research and design use.
I'd never seen the CNN interview with Vernon Unsworth until recently. As a fellow Brit, I was appalled by his cheeky opening comment about Musk. It appeared to me by his smirks and shrugs he was certainly enjoying his behind the scenes fame (he was not a cave diver rescuer). Unsworth also made comments that Musk was asked to leave that were untrue, and does not dispute they were untrue in his court filings.
While I think Musk wanted to respond to Unsworth's criticism on behalf of his team that worked so hard knowing the lives of several children were at stake, I think he lost it when Unsworth's opening remark on an international broadcast was for Musk to shove the mini-submarine up his *advertiser censored*. IMO, that comment was clearly responsible for this entire ordeal.
No excuse for Musk's "pedo-guy" tweet which from the records was immediately deleted and Musk apologized. Although I don't think Unsworth has
unclean hands here, I agree he should be compensated if he can prove damages.
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