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Ship of Debt
Columbus Monthly reports how "A decade ago, former Battelle engineer Tommy Thompson was the man of the hour, as a who's-who of Columbus investors celebrated his retrieval of gold from the depths of the Atlantic. Since then, Thompson has faced endless legal challenges, furious investors, crushing debt...Thompson's obsession with control may now be blocking him from being able to accept management and financial advice, from finding new sources for the $40 million he says he needs to recover the rest of the Central America's cargo of gold, from finalizing a plan to market the gold that's already been recovered. After 10 years of constant battles - sometimes against his own allies - Tommy Thompson may be his own worst enemy."