Back in the days of the old "dive suits", circa 1920's, occasionally there would be an accident that the suit would leak and then when they hauled it up they would find the man essentially stuffed inside the helmet............
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.
“Mauger added that it would be difficult to locate the bodies because the debris showed that it imploded due to the intense pressure”
I wonder if implosion at this depth and pressure even leaves recognizable bodies for retrieval and burial? Probably aren’t many prior known cases for comparison. RIP.
He probably fused with him, briefly.
Inaudibly bonded with him, he fused with him.
The vessel reportedly “shattered”. Imagine millions of carbon fiber shards, all directed inwards by 6000psi over every square inch of vessel.
They were shredded. Likely nothing left but bits.
Dang. Beat me by about a minute.
Dang you on the fast draw.
Gasping for breath? One theory is the pressure
situation killed them in a millisecond. It wasn’t
a slow tortured death
Back in the days of the old "dive suits", circa 1920's, occasionally there would be an accident that the suit would leak and then when they hauled it up they would find the man essentially stuffed inside the helmet............
At least it was a quick death.
Of all of them, I did feel bad for the kid. The others should have known and accepted the risk
But someone should tell that woman the boy didn’t suffer.
In actuality, that is the way to go. You are obliterated before your brain registers anything.
When the USS Scorpion sank in 1968 after a casualty, they think it may have sunk to up to 3000 feet before it reached crush depth.
When it happened, when the hull imploded at crush depth, the entire stern section of the submarine telescoped into the bow of the submarine at 2,000 mph, and the entire submarine was flooded in 0.1 seconds.
They said it telescoped from stern to bow so rapidly and forcefully that it left the entire screw and shaft behind the crushed hull of the submarine.
That boy didn’t suffer.
She was thinking about them suffocating after running out of air. She did not know of the implosion at the time...............
I rather doubt that there are any body parts left.
The good news (if there is any) for this grieving woman is that her nephew didn’t “gasp for breath.” I suspect they were dead before their brains could even process that something bad was happening. When your time is up, going instantaneously is probably the best one can hope for.
I doubt there would be a need for “body recovery” since I wouldn’t think there would be any large body parts to be found.
Also, a good father/son bonding experience would be a week camping at a state park with a little fishing and a bit of canoeing. Evenings could be spent around the camp fire discussing life experiences (which do not involve going to dangerous ocean depths).
I can’t believe a father took his son on such a dangerous excursion.
Is that a movie producer’s 1920s interpretation of Jules Verne?
What would the effect be on the large bones?
If his father was some “60 year-old white guy” and former submariner, he would have probably suggested a camping trip instead.
“I wonder if implosion at this depth and pressure even leaves recognizable bodies for retrieval and burial? Probably aren’t many prior known cases for comparison.”
Probably only enough left for a small fish to nibble at...
I just read an article that said the explosion in the sub would immediately incinerate all the bodies.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65934887
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