In the latest chapter in the tragic story of the Titan passengers comes a moving account that reveals the details behind one mother's courageous decision.
Christine Dawood, wife of Shahzada Dawood and mother of Suleman Dawood, two of the victims of last week's accident, decided to speak for the first time about the death of her loved ones and clarify a gesture that moved everyone: she gave up the place she had reserved in the submersible so that her son could to board.
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This report comes after statements by the young man's aunt, Azmeh Dawood, to NBC, suggesting that the 19-year-old college student was apprehensive about the idea of visiting the wreck of the Titanic and would have agreed to travel on the Titan just to please the father.
Mother gave up Titan submarine trip to help son break record
In an emotional interview with the BBC, Christine Dawood reveals that she herself had planned to embark on this journey.
Due to the circumstances of the pandemic, she was unable to carry out her first attempt, and this time she decided to “retreat” because Suleman “very much wanted” to participate in this expedition.
In addition, the young man had bold plans: he wanted to set a new record for solving the Rubik's Cube in deep water.
With skills self-taught skills developed through YouTube, Suleman was able to solve the cube in an incredible 12 seconds, according to his mother. Now, he wished to surpass that mark underwater.
lost hope
Christine Dawood, who was present with her daughter on the Polar Prince, the ship that launched the Titan, during the searches, she gave the BBC interview directly from Newfoundland, where her husband and son's journey took place. start.
It was there that she revealed that she had "lost hope" after 96 hours since her disappearance, when the submersible's oxygen reserves were supposed to be depleted.
The last conversation she had with her husband and son it was marked by the contagious joy of Shahzada, who was so excited about the trip that he looked like a small child.
