Titanic sub teenager ‘was terrified’ about journey and ‘joined to please father’
The youngest particular person on the doomed Titanic submersible was reportedly “terrified” in regards to the journey and solely joined his father on the craft to please him.
Nineteen-year-old Suleman Dawood, who was finding out on the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, accompanied his businessman father Shahzada Dawood on the Titan deep-sea vessel as a result of he was wanting to please his dad over the Father’s Day weekend, the teenager’s aunt has mentioned.
OceanGate Expeditions mentioned on Thursday that the daddy and son “have sadly been lost” together with British billionaire Hamish Harding, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri Nargeolet and the submersible’s pilot and the corporate’s chief govt, Stockton Rush.
The US Coast Guard confirmed the tail cone of the deep-sea vessel was found round 1,600 ft from the bow of the Titanic wreckage throughout a press convention in Boston.
Rear Admiral John Mauger mentioned additional particles was additionally discovered, within the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, that was “consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber”.
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Shahzada Dawood’s older sister, Azmeh Dawood, informed NBC News that her nephew “wasn’t very up” for the journey however felt he ought to go to please his father, who had a fascination with the 1912 shipwreck.
She mentioned: “I am thinking of Suleman, who is 19, in there, just perhaps gasping for breath … It’s been crippling, to be honest. I feel disbelief. It’s an unreal situatioSulemann.”
Describing the previous couple of days, Ms Dawood mentioned: “I feel like I’ve been caught in a really bad film, with a countdown, but you didn’t know what you’re counting down to.”
She mentioned she’d discovered it tough to breathe whereas interested by her youthful brother and nephew, including: “It’s been unlike any experience I’ve ever had.”
She additionally mentioned she would by no means have boarded the craft even “if you gave me a million dollars”.
Shahzada Dawood’s firm paid tribute to him and his son after their deaths.
In an announcement, Engro Corporation, the Pakistani conglomerate that Mr Dawood was vice chairman of, mentioned: “With heavy hearts and great sadness, we grieve the loss of our vice chairman, Shahzada Dawood, and his beloved son, Suleman Dawood.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family at this tragic time.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, colleagues, friends and all those around the world who grieve this unthinkable loss.”