The mother of the teenager who died on the Titan submersible gave up her place to her son after the original trip was postponed due to Covid, she has revealed.
Suleman Dawood, 19, and his father Shahzada were among five people who died when the vessel imploded on a journey to view the wreck of the Titanic. Christine Dawood told the BBC her son had been disappointed that he was not old enough to accompany them on the original trip scheduled before the pandemic.
She added that her son was 'excited' about the trip and was hoping to break a world record while 3,700 metres below the sea. She told BBC Breakfast on Monday (June 26): “It was supposed to be Shahzada and I going down. I stepped back and gave the place to Suleman because he really wanted to go.”
