The story of 19-year-old Suleiman Daoud and the submarine Titanic 2023
The main cause of the sinking of the Titanic submarine and the whole heartbreaking event, as told by the mother of the young man Suleiman Dawood, who died inside the Titanic submarine
- The mother of the teenager who died on the Titanic says she should have gone.
- But Christine Dowd said she “stepped back” to allow her 19-year-old son to start diving.
- She said he had been looking forward to diving “for a very long time”, contrary to his aunt’s earlier claims.
The mother of 19-year-old Suleiman Daoud, who died with her father on the Titanic, said she originally planned to join her husband on the fateful dive on the ship, but instead let her son go.
Christine Daoud told the BBC on Sunday that she and her husband, British-Pakistani millionaire, Shahzada Daoud, had originally booked to see the wreck of the Titanic, but their trip was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said that when Dowds embarked on a mission this year, they “balanced” to instead give their teenage son the chance to visit the shipwreck “because he really wanted to go, ‘ according to the BBC.
“I’m really happy for both of them because they’ve really wanted to do this for a long time,” she told the news agency.
She said their family of four – including 17-year-old daughter Christine Dowd – were on board the submarine’s mother ship, Polar Prince, on the day of the dive.
Daoud said she and her daughter Alina cuddled up with her husband and son before the two men entered the Titan submarine for Father’s Day.
She said that her son loves to solve Rubik’s Cubes and he brought one with him on his diving trip.
“I’m going to solve a Rubik’s cube 3,700 meters under the sea on the Titanic,” Dawood said.
She told the BBC that she and her daughter wanted to learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube in honor of her son.
David said, “I miss them.” “I really miss them.”
Dawood’s statements contrast with those of Suleiman Daoud’s aunt on Thursday, who told NBC News the young man was “horrified” to join his father on a journey to find the wreck of the Titanic.
Shahzada Daoud’s aunt, sister, said her nephew was “not quite ready” but had begun the journey to impress his father.
She told NBC that she lost touch with her brother after moving from England to Amsterdam a few years ago, although she still feels close to her nephew.
Shahzadeh and Suleiman Daoud disappeared on June 18, along with two other passengers and a pilot when the Titan disappeared less than two hours after Titanic went down.
Their deaths were announced on Thursday, after authorities found debris of Titan on the ocean floor, at a depth of about 13,000 feet. The US Coast Guard said the submarine exploded in a “serious loss of pressure chamber”.
At such depths, any hull collapse would instantly kill all five occupants.
The other three passengers on board were British billionaire Hamish Harding, former French navy diver Paul-Henri Nargolet and Stockton Rush, the CEO of the company that organizes submarine tours.
Meanwhile, authorities are searching Polar Prince to determine if a criminal investigation into the explosion is necessary. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Saturday “there is no suspicion of criminal activity”, but they have not ruled out the possibility.