Opinion by Sam Howe Verhovek: Given that Stockton Rush will never be able to respond to his critics, we should at least stop to contemplate his side of the story.
. But as someone who had a passing acquaintance with Titan’s creator, Stockton Rush, I confess that I experienced a gathering sense of dismay as the media story seemingly got baked in real time that the aptly named Rush was a villain, reckless and negligent.
First, though, let me come ahead with some by now familiar observations. There is no escaping his responsibility. His clear faith in his machine — or his impatience — played a role in balancing risk and judgment, and thus led directly to his death and those of his clients. As for Rush, the families of the other four men who perished might indeed blame him for their deaths, though each passenger signed a release that, according to one previous passenger on Titan, explicitly mentioned the possibility of death no less than three times on the first page.
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