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Evening Standard
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Barney Davis

British student Suleman Dawood ‘terrified’ of Titanic voyage but ‘wanted to bond on Father’s Day’

A teenage student told relatives that he was “terrified” to go on the ill-fated Titan submersible and only attempted the 12,500 foot dive to please his billionaire father who was “very passionate” about the Titanic.

Suleman Dawood, 19, heir to the great Dawood dynasty, had felt compelled to join the expedition as a Father’s Day present to his dad Shahzada, his heartbroken family said.

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