- Christine Durwood told The New York Times about her husband’s excitement about the Titan trip.
- “He was like a vibrating toddler,” she told The Times of her husband, businessman Shazada Dawood.
- Christine lost her husband and son, 19-year-old Suleman Dawood, during the ill-fated expedition.
Shazada Darwood has long been fascinated by the history of the famous liner Titanic, which crashed into an iceberg during its maiden voyage in 1912 and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
So when the Anglo-Pakistani businessman had the chance to sail to the bottom of the sea to see the wreckage last month, he was eager to take his son Suleman Dawood aboard the Oceangate submarine Titan. was
both were killed together Stockton RushChief Executive Officer of Ocean Gate, Explorer Hamish Hardingand Paul-Henri Narjolet — after the submarine underwent a catastrophic implosion on its way to the wreck site.
Although the voyage ended tragically, Shahzada Darwood’s wife, Christine Durwood, told The New York Times how excited her husband was to explore the ocean.
On the other hand, Suleman, who was only 19 years old, carried As he entered the submarine with his Rubik’s Cube, Shazada carried a Nikon camera and was looking forward to capturing images of the seafloor through the ship’s portholes.
“He was like a vibrating toddler,” Christine told the newspaper of her husband. “It was a good morning.”
Christine told The Times that she last saw Shazada and Suleman on a floating platform on Father’s Day, June 18, and watched them board the Titan submarine from a support vessel. said he did.
Divers then sealed the five crew members on board and moved them into the water about 13,000 feet above where the Titanic’s wreckage was.
Christine later told The Times that she had heard from an individual who had lost contact with the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard announced that communications were lost 1 hour and 45 minutes after the Titanic descended.
According to The Times, she was told that communications between the submarine and the ship could be unstable at times, and that if the disruption continued for more than an hour, the trip would be terminated and the crew returned to ground. .
The report also noted that Shahzada and Suleman had experienced flight cancellations and delays and nearly missed boarding the Titan.
“We were actually pretty worried. Oh my god, what if that flight was canceled too?” Christine told The Times. “In retrospect, of course I wish I had.”