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Daily Mirror
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Christopher Bucktin & Gemma Sherlock

Titanic submarine: Families of victims will give DNA to give grieving relatives closure

DNA from the families of the five Titanic tourists who died when their submersible imploded close to the ocean bed is to be collected after presumed human remains were found.

Samples will be taken to help investigators “gain the clearest picture possible” of how the men - three of whom were British - perished in the tragedy.

According to a Canadian coastguard source, it hopes the collection of DNA may help bring “closure” to grieving relatives.

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