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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Titan: Mother of teen killed in Titanic sub disaster tells of moment she lost hope

A London woman whose 19-year-old son and husband were among five killed in the Titan submarine disaster has told of the moment she lost hope they would be found alive.

In her first interview since the catastrophe, Christine Dawood said she spent days hoping her son Suleman and husband Shahzada were “just going to come up”, but began “preparing for the worst” when the 96-hour mark passed.

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