Suleman Dawood, 19, was hoping to break a world record while below sea
The mother of the teenager who died on the Titan submersible gave up her place to her son after the original trip was postponed due to Covid, she has revealed.
Mrs Dawood said her son loved the famous square puzzle so much that he carried it with him everywhere and dazzled onlookers by solving it in 12 seconds. She told the broadcaster: “He said, ‘I’m going to solve the Rubik’s Cube 3,700 metres below sea at the Titanic’.” She said: “We all thought they are just going to come up so that shock was delayed by about 10 hours or so. By the time they were supposed to be up again, there was a time…. when they were supposed to be up on the surface again and when that time passed, the real shock, not shock but the worry and the not so good feelings, started.
Her daughter held out a bit longer, she said, until the call with the US Coast Guard when they were informed debris had been found. The family returned to St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada, on Saturday, and on Sunday held a funeral prayer for Shahzada and Suleman.
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