Titanic Sub Implosion: Teen Victim's Mom Claims She Gave Him Her Seat: 'He Really Wanted To Go'
26.06.2023 - 16:27
/ perezhilton.com
The mother of the 19-year-old man killed in the OceanGate Expeditions submersible that imploded last week is remembering her son and mourning his loss.
Of course, we’ve been covering the tragic story of teenager Suleman Dawood, his dad Shahzada Dawood, and the other three men who were killed instantly when their Titan submersible imploded in the North Atlantic Ocean last week while diving down to visit the wreckage of the Titanic.
Now, Christine Dawood (pictured above) is speaking out about it — and revealing that her beloved son Suleman very much wanted to go on the trip ahead of the tragedy. That’s notable, because it would seem to conflict with statements other family members made about Suleman supposedly being terrified of the idea of the adventure down to the bottom of the ocean.
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On Sunday, Christine spoke to the BBC about the voyage. She said that she was actually invited on the trip first, and she was going to be there with her husband on the ill-fated voyage. However, the trip had initially been pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and when it was, she gave up her seat to her son.
Speaking of Suleman, and how much he “really wanted to go” on the vessel, Christine said:
Remembering how intelligent her son was, the mourning mom explained to the outlet that he could solve a Rubik’s Cube in twelve seconds.
That puzzle, she said, was significant because Suleman took one of the cubes with him down to the bottom of the ocean. He intended on breaking a record of solving it so far underwater while he was there:
As for the very end, Christine recalled her final interaction with her beloved son up on the surface of the water