Two of the five crew members who lost their lives in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean on the submarine Titan were Pakistani multimillionaire Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman. Tragic: the teenager actually did not want to go to the wreck of the “Titanic” that sank in 1912, he was afraid of the plunge. He would only have embarked on the risky journey for the sake of his father…
The 48-year-old multimillionaire from Pakistan is said to have been “absolutely obsessed” with the “Titanic” since childhood, his sister told US broadcaster NBC News. As children, they often watched the 1958 film The Last Night of the Titanic. A passion that his 19-year-old son apparently did not share with him. As Suleman’s aunt Azmeh Dawood further reported, the teenager was said to have been “scared” and “not in the mood” for the 12,000-foot adventure.
Thoughts of the death of father and son are ‘paralysing’ for aunt
But on Sunday, when the underwater vehicle imploded, Father’s Day was celebrated in Britain, where the Dawood family lived. Apparently, Sulemann did not want to spoil this day of honor for his father and then climbed into the 6.7 meter diving pod – unknowingly signing his death warrant. “I think of Suleman, who was 19 years old and maybe gasping for breath there. It was debilitating, to be honest,” his aunt can’t believe the drama. When she thinks of her deceased relatives, she has a hard time breathing.” It was unlike any experience I’ve ever had.”
Rescue operation was “source of strength” for Dawoods
The family is also mourning their two injured relatives on social media. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the deaths of Shahzada and Suleman Dawood. Please keep the departed souls and our family in your prayers at this difficult time of grief,” Pakistan’s Dawood Foundation wrote on Twitter on Friday. The family also thanked the rescuers for their “tireless efforts”, who were “a source of strength”. Shahzada’s wife and daughter were said to have been at the scene during the search.
Late Harding ‘lived for the next adventure’
Also aboard the submarine was British entrepreneur and adventurer Hamish Harding – whose family said they shared their grief with the other families “who also lost loved ones on the ‘Titan’ submarine”. Harding was a “passionate explorer who lived his life for his family, his company and the next adventure”.
The businessman had made the Guinness Book of Records three times: once for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth in an airplane over both poles in 46 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds. In 2021 he was part of the longest expedition in the Mariana Trench – the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean to date. Last year he was in space as a space tourist.
Source: Krone
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