2023-06-27 02:53:01
[Read more]’Titanic’ director had an old friend on board the tour submarine. “I can’t control my feelings,” he says.
The submarine “Titan” was on an exploration tour to see the sunken luxury liner Titanic in 1912. Wreckage was found on the seabed, and on June 22, the operator announced that five passengers were presumed dead.
Christine Dawood, who lost her husband Shahzada Dawood and son Suurman in the crash, said she was originally scheduled to board the Titan but gave up her seat to her 19-year-old son.
Christine isBBCIn an interview with .
“Then I stopped going and gave my seat to Sullman because he really wanted to go.”
Her husband, Shahzada, has long dreamed of seeing the sunken Titanic and was “childishly excited” to go on tour, Christine said.
And his son, Sullman, said he wanted to go to the bottom of the ocean to “break the Guinness World Record.”
“He said, ‘I’m going to solve the Rubik’s Cube on the Titanic, which is 3,700 meters under the sea.'”
Sullman is a Rubik’s Cube aficionado and said he was able to solve it in 12 seconds.
“We both wanted to go for a long time, so I was very happy.”
Shahzada Dawood (right) and his son Sullman (left) aboard the Titan
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Christine’s story is that she is Shahzada’s brother and Sullman’s aunt.Azume Dawood’s storyIn contrast toNBC NewsSullman said he was “terrified” and “reluctant” about the dive, but decided to go for his father as a Father’s Day celebration.
Christine, who was on Titan’s support ship Polar Princess with her daughter, told the BBC that she was “preparing for the worst” before the Coast Guard informed her of the wreckage.
Christine is“After 96 hours, I lost hope.”However, her daughter still believed that they were alive.
“She didn’t lose hope until the Coast Guard contacted her.”
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