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The teenage son of a Pakistani businessman felt “terrified” about the trip to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, according to a relative.
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Azmeh Dawood, the older sister of Shahzada Dawood, said she was informed by a family member that her nephew, Suleman, was hesitant about making the journey to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
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“I am thinking of Suleman, who is 19, in there, just perhaps gasping for breath … It’s been crippling, to be honest,” Azmeh told NBC News in a phone interview from her home in Amsterdam.
Because the trip fell on the weekend of Father’s Day, the teen felt he needed to please his dad, Azmeh said.
She added her brother was “absolutely obsessed” about the Titanic and its lore from an early age.
On Thursday, OceanGate, the company behind the Titan expedition, announced all five passengers had died after the submersible ruptured and imploded due to the extreme pressure.
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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who was piloting the submersible, British billionaire Hamish Harding and French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet also died.
Azmeh said it was agonizing to watch news coverage of the search for the missing men leading up to the tragic discovery of the submersible in pieces on the ocean floor.
“I feel like I’ve been caught in a really bad film, with a countdown, but you didn’t know what you’re counting down to,” she said. “I personally have found it kind of difficult to breathe thinking of them.”
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In Pakistan, the Dawood-owned Engro Corporation, a fertilizer company, announced the deaths of the father and son early Friday.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family at this tragic time,” the statement said. “We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, colleagues, and friends and all those around the world who grieve the unthinkable loss.”
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