A slow descent into the depths of the sea. The New York Times has re-enacted the final hours of the Titan submarine’s ill-fated mission to the wreckage of the Titanic. An extreme discovery cost the lives of five people. Tourists going to the wreckage will be asked to choose their favorite music, which will then be uploaded and streamed to bluetooth headphones. The only exception was country music: the head of the mission didn’t like it and was jokingly invited to avoid it.
The five could dive into a dreamlike and increasingly rare scenario: they would observe increasingly luminous creatures coming from the portholes, from the depths of the sea. Then, in a few minutes, it’s all over. Probably no one even had time to notice the explosion. Titan dived into the water at 8 am on June 18, 2023. After just one hour and forty minutes, communication with the crew was lost. He was descending “in the dark” to conserve energy.
And shortly before takeoff, a photo of the two victims before they board the plane appears. We’re talking about Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleiman, who are afraid to go under a submarine. They don protective helmets and an orange safety jacket and smile, unaware of the imminent tragedy. At the Ocean Gate, the ship on which Titan sank, the rest of the family (his wife and another daughter) awaited them. They will never see them again.
She is Dawood’s wife, describing how they nearly lost their rendezvous with fate for a delayed flight, and how their son, Solomon, agreed to join the expedition to please his father on the occasion of American Father’s Day. A party that unfortunately ended in tragedy.
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