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Aunt Says 19-Year-Old Nephew Chose To Go On Titan Sub Trip To Bond With Father
Daily Wire ^ | By Leif Le Mahieu • Jun 23, 2023

Posted on 06/23/2023 9:20:19 AM PDT by Red Badger

The aunt of Suleman Dawood, the youngest passenger aboard the Titanic-bound submarine that officials believe imploded on Sunday, said that he decided to join the voyage because he hoped to bond with his father over the trip.

Azmeh Dawood, the aunt of 19-year-old Suleman, told NBC News that her nephew had been “terrified” about the trip but decided to join her brother, Shahzada Dawood, on the expedition to spend time with him over the Father’s Day weekend.

“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, adding that she was still in “disbelief” about the whole situation.

“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.”

“He was my baby brother,” Azmeh said of Shahzada. “I held him up when he was born.”

Other victims onboard the sub included billionaire Hamish Harding, French maritime expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush.

According to Azmeh, her younger brother had long been fascinated by the story of the Titanic and repeatedly watched the 1958 Titanic drama “A Night to Remember,” growing up. The Titanic sank in 1912 and lies some 12,500 feet below the surface, and about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean.

Hussain and Kulsum Dawood, the parents of Shahzada and Azmeh, asked for continued prayers for those lost in the sub.

“The immense love and support we receive continues to help us endure this unimaginable loss,” they said.

After several days of searching, the Coast Guard confirmed on Thursday that they found debris from the sub which had gone missing on Sunday.

Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said in a news conference that a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) searching the seabed for the missing submersible found the rear cover of the Titan around 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow

The parts of the submersible found by the Coast Guard led them to rule that the debris discovered is consistent with “the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” meaning all five aboard the Titan likely died from a massive amount of underwater pressure that killed them instantly.

Mauger added that it would be difficult to locate the bodies because the debris showed that it imploded due to the intense pressure

Zach Jewell contributed to this report.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: bondedforlife; canada; davyjoneslocker; dyingtoseeitinperson; oceangateexpeditions; rip; titan; titanic; titansub
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To: Red Badger

I’ll say they “bonded”.


21 posted on 06/23/2023 9:39:04 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

https://allthatsinteresting.com/vintage-deep-sea-diving-photos#2

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Explorer O.E. Gandy stands in his iron suit, weighing 540 pounds, before making a dive where he would reach a depth of 230 feet. 1907.

The Brooklyn Eagle/Brooklyn Public Library


22 posted on 06/23/2023 9:40:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: bk1000

His dad put lots of pressure on him to bond.


23 posted on 06/23/2023 9:41:38 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Red Badger

Bummer if the chain snapped.


24 posted on 06/23/2023 9:42:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Can anyone tell me the truth about the alleged tapping sound that was reportedly heard during the search? Turns out the sub had already imploded, and everyone was dead. So where was the tapping coming from? Was there really a tapping sound, or was that just a lie?


25 posted on 06/23/2023 9:43:03 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: Round Earther

“His dad put lots of pressure on him to bond.”

It was worth it. I’m sure they are just like that now (holds up crossed fingers)


26 posted on 06/23/2023 9:44:39 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Red Badger

Their surely bonded now...


27 posted on 06/23/2023 9:45:46 AM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: BykrBayb

Sound travels easier in solids and liquids than in air.

Sounds can travel immense distances under water and especially deep cold waters, like there.

It could have been a workman on a ship repairing something a hundred miles away...


28 posted on 06/23/2023 9:48:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: gundog
What would the effect be on the large bones?

There is nothing intact that survived the instant incineration caused by the collapse of the vessel. There will be nothing recoverable.
29 posted on 06/23/2023 9:49:13 AM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: 1Old Pro

Notice the bolted on top half................


30 posted on 06/23/2023 9:50:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

He bonded.


31 posted on 06/23/2023 9:50:50 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: BykrBayb

It was wishful thinking...if there was actual tapping from the vessel, it would have been something intelligible, like an SOS.


32 posted on 06/23/2023 9:50:55 AM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: gundog

My best guess is that bones would become pulp.
Worked with submersibles in Monterey Bay CA. A favorite demo of pressure was to send foam coffee cups and manikin heads to depth. All gasses got crushed out. A coffee cup came back as a shot glass.


33 posted on 06/23/2023 9:51:30 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: Red Badger

Right.


34 posted on 06/23/2023 9:54:29 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: gundog
This doesnt describe it fully. The water pressure just keeps on smashing you. Train cars made out of steel. Tourist sub made out of fiberglass, carbon fiber and hi tech WiiIII game controllers.


35 posted on 06/23/2023 9:54:55 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: sasquatch

I used to have a tiny styrofoam cup on my desk!


36 posted on 06/23/2023 9:55:48 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: Red Badger

A joke going around is that the name of the submersible was the SS-Pride, and it was manufactured out of “repurposed Bud Lite cans”.


37 posted on 06/23/2023 10:00:01 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: desertsolitaire
"I wonder if implosion at this depth and pressure even leaves recognizable bodies for retrieval and burial?"

One gallon of water weighs a little over 8 pounds (sea water would be a bit heavier due to salinity). A typical one gallon water jug is about 10" high.

At 12,000' below the surface that would be like having the weight of 14,400 gallon jugs stacked on top of your head, or using the conservative 8 lb x gallon figure, 115,200 lbs. (57.6 tons) pressing straight down on your head in the area sized the base of a milk jug...but that doesn't even paint the full picture. Even if that weight was a solid (i.e, 57.6 tons of ice) the body would be crushed, but water is of course a fluid, so that same pressure is not just pushing down on top of their head, but simultaneously compressing the body from pretty much every direction.

I suspect there is very little left of their bodies that is even remotely recognizable as human tissue.

38 posted on 06/23/2023 10:01:42 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Red Badger

They are together in Gods hands.


39 posted on 06/23/2023 10:02:37 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: Red Badger

Had no idea what he was getting into


40 posted on 06/23/2023 10:17:47 AM PDT by butlerweave
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