Left to right: Andrew Rogers, Genya Chernaev (pilot) and Roman Sugden. Photo from Andrew Rogers.
A shopping coupon prize took him to the Titanic
When the story of the Titanic submersible disaster broke, my mind instantly went back 20 years to an interview with the first and - up until then at least - only Australian to have visited the wreck of the sunken liner. I had always remembered that interview because of the strange way Andrew Rogers wound up on the trip and because of the story he told about the submersible almost becoming trapped on part of the wreckage. Andrew's Titanic tale began in 1997 when he and his wife Winnie were planning a trip to India. They…