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Christopher Bucktin & Fiona Leishman

Mum of teen Titanic tourist who died onboard shares last moments with her son

The grieving mother of a teen tourist on the Titan submersible has shared the final moments she shared with her son and husband before they went aboard the doomed submersible.

The family, including daughter Alina, 17, boarded the Polar Prince on Father's Day. Mrs Dawood said they hugged and made jokes in the moments before her husband and son boarded the Titan submersible.

"I was really happy for them because both of them, they really wanted to do that for a very long time," she said.

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