Mother of Titan Submersible Victim Gave ‘Excited’ Son Her Spot on Doomed Vessel

Vice chair of Engro Corporation Shahzada Dawood (R) and his son, university student Suleman Dawood. Courtesy of Engro Corporation Limited via Reuters

The wife and mother of Titan submersible victims Shahzada Dawood and Suleman Dawood originally planned to make the trip with her husband but gave the spot to her 19-year-old son because he was “so excited” about the project and “really wanted to go.”

Christine Dawood told the BBC on Monday that she had initially planned to embark on a deep-sea trip to view the Titanic wreck together with her husband years ago, but that trip was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.