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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gwyn Wright

Mother reveals she gave her place on doomed submersible to teenage son

The family of the British billionaire and teenager who died aboard the Titanic sub were on its mother ship on the surface when the tragedy struck.

Suleman Dawood, 19, and his father Shahzada, were among the five people aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible who died during a “catastrophic implosion” as it descended to the wreck of the ocean liner in the Atlantic Ocean last week.

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