Azmeh Dawood Speaks Out: Titanic Explorer Suleman Dawood’s Aunt Reveals Pre-Wreck Tour Anxiety
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In an interview, the teenager’s aunt, Azmeh Dawood, stated that her nephew had expressed reservations about the journey to inspect the Titanic wreckage. Suleman, she said, “was not very up for it” and was frightened about the trip. Suleman Dawood, 19, who died in the Titan submersible’s “catastrophic implosion,” was afraid of the daring voyage and only agreed to accompany his father since the trip coincided with Father’s Day, according to his aunt. The U.S. Coast Guard announced that a submersible that was carrying five people to the Titanic wreckage was discovered in pieces after a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone on board.
According to Azmeh Dawood, the aunt of Suleman, the 19-year-old British university student who tragically lost his life in the devastating implosion of the Titanic submarine, her nephew had expressed fear about the journey. However, he decided to join the crew solely to make his… pic.twitter.com/x1aRqrRnam
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Two of the five guests on the Titanic-bound voyage were Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood. Azmeh Dawood, Suleman’s aunt and Shahzada Dawood’s older sister, told NBC News that her nephew had voiced reservations about the journey to inspect the Titanic wreckage. Suleman, she said, “wasn’t very up for it” and was “terrified” about the trip. Despite his reservations, Suleman boarded OceanGate’s 22-foot submersible because the vacation coincided with Father’s Day, according to his aunt. Suleman, according to Azmeh Dawood, was eager to impress his father, who was obsessed with Titanic legend.
Who Is Azmeh Dawood? The Aunt Of Teen Explorer Suleman Dawood Claims He Was ‘Terrified’ Before Touring Titanic Wreckage
Suleman Dawood, a passenger on OceanGate’s Titanic submersible, “wasn’t very up for” the dive but proceeded for his father Shahzada Dawood’s sake, according to family. More information on the people aboard OceanGate’s Titanic submarine has emerged in the days since its disappearance. On June 22, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood were amongst the five Titan passengers assumed deceased after officials discovered evidence consistent with an implosion during their dive. According to his aunt Azmeh Dawood, Suleman was initially hesitant to embark on the trip, informing a family that he was “terrified” of the underwater journey. Azmeh told NBC News that her nephew “wasn’t very up for it” at first, but that he ended up attending because it was Father’s Day and he wanted to please his father Shahzada. “I’m thinking of Suleman, who is 19, who is probably gasping for air,” Azmeh remarked on June 22. “To be honest, it’s been devastating.
She described the situation as “unreal,” adding, “I feel like I’m in a really bad film, with a countdown, but you don’t know what you’re counting down to.” Thinking about them has made it impossible for me to breathe. According to the US Coast Guard, the Titan lost communication with the surface around an hour and 45 minutes into its June 18 dive. Fearing that the crew might run out of oxygen, the sub was subjected to a huge search-and-rescue operation. On June 22, officials reported that rescuers discovered wreckage from an external component of the submersible, consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. A catastrophic vessel implosion seems to be the cause of the debris on the sea floor, which is consistent with a harsh environment down there on the sea floor. An implosion of a vessel is consistent with the debris. All guests aboard the Titan, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, and French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, are thought dead.
