Christopher Harborne owns the Kamalaya resort in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Four of the divers were part of a team from the University of Genoa,including respected marine biologist Monica Montefalcone,51,and her daughter Giorgia Sommacal
The building was full of crew and student pilots at the time.
More than 20 commercial ships, including three Iran-linked ships and a Chinese tanker,
The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a canteen employee and a police officer wounded, Mr Sildak said.
'A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,' he wrote.
The pilot had won the competition's opening race the previous day.
It's also the equivalent of '13 Back To The Future DeLorean time machines'.
'They told them to go and look for a toy.'
