the safaga family lost their son and brother. they say they still feel the pain today 20 years on. every morning i wake up and think about our son i look at people his age and i ask myself what our son would look like today what would he have achieved in life. she was born with you i just can't stop thinking these thoughts. we have here going to these memories hurt them and i it was a very hard to. august 12th 2000 the russian nuclear submarine kursk it was taking part in a routine naval exercise in the barents sea. lieutenant maxime siphon off was one of the subs navigation officers the 26 year old was among other things responsible for making maps. suddenly a faulty torpedo detonated. the sub screw all 118 men were killed. upon hearing the tragic news maxime's father suffered a heart attack and almost died even today he can hardly bear the loss of his son. who was a very humble person that he did not like being a center of attention he never wanted to be front and center but still people were attracted to him. or. he was a most professional officer and loved his job. but in one o