* Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, 19, were two of the five victims on Titan

Tragic university student, 19, who was killed in Titanic submarine 'implosion' was 'terrified' about the trip and only joined the crew to please his dad for Father's Day, heartbroken aunt reveals
By ARTHUR PARASHAR and ELENA SALVONI
Daily Mail Online
PUBLISHED: 18:03 EDT, 22 June 2023

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The university student who was killed in the tragic Titanic submarine 'implosion' was 'terrified' about the trip and only joined the crew to please his dad for Father's Day, his heartbroken aunt has revealed.

Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, 19, were two of the five victims killed instantly when the OceanGate submersible suffered a 'catastrophic implosion' just 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic, according to the US Coast Guard.

The other victims were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet and British billionaire Hamish Harding. They had been missing since the Titan sub vanished on Sunday, prompting a nail-biting search for the crew.

Tragically, Azmeh Dawood told NBC News that her nephew informed a relative he 'wasn't very up for it' but felt compelled to please his father, who was very passionate about the 1912 shipwreck.

'I am thinking of Suleman, who is 19, in there, just perhaps gasping for breath... It's been crippling, to be honest,' she told the US outlet from her home in Amsterdam.