Sent to the abyss: how the mother gave way to her son on the “cursed” bathyscaphe of the Titanic

Shahzada Davud, 48, businessman and vice president of Engro Corporation, and his 19-year-old son, Suleiman, were among the passengers on that ill-fated submersible voyage and are now forever at the bottom of the ocean. But, it turned out that the young man was on board almost by accident – initially the place was reserved for his mother Christina. Here is their family history.

Kristina and Shahzada met while studying at university and got married in 2001. Christina was born in Germany and her original goal was to become an engineer, but in 2019 the woman changed jobs. She and her husband were victims of a plane crash, after which she founded Next Step Now, a mentoring business.

Well, his chosen Pakistani has built a successful career in business over the years. Throughout his life, Shahzada Daoud worked for a wide variety of organizations including the World Economic Forum, Engro Corporation, and Dawood Hercules Corporation.

In addition to son Suleiman, the couple had a daughter, Alina. The children spent most of their childhood between Karachi, Pakistan and London. The daughter of Christina and Shahzada Alina graduated from the Faculty of English Literature. And the son was a student at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, where he studied business. He and his father were very close and shared a love of exploration and adventure. The guy had another favorite hobby – the Rubik’s cube. Suleiman could collect it in 12 seconds and dreamed of setting a record – to collect it deep. Therefore, he dreamed so much of keeping his father company on this expedition.

“He said, ‘I’m going to solve a Rubik’s cube at a depth of 3,700 meters on the Titanic. He was so excited about it,” Christina said.

But when his parents booked places, and that was before the coronavirus pandemic, Suleiman was still a minor and couldn’t go on a risky trip. It was planned that the passengers of the bathyscaphe would be Shahzada and Christina. But then there was a lockdown, the trip was postponed. When the bathyscaphe was finally able to take flight, Suleiman already met the age requirements. And the mother gave way to her son, knowing how much he burned at the idea.

“I stepped back and gave the place to Suleiman, because he really wanted to go. I was very happy for them, because they both really dreamed about it for a very long time,” the woman said in an interview. .

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Christina declined to comment to reporters on how she now relates to her act. While the woman bravely experiences loss with her daughter. She and 17-year-old Alina were aboard the escort ship when contact with the Titan crew was lost.

“At that time, I didn’t understand what it meant. Hopes were high and then it all went downhill,” she said.

At first, everyone thought the underwater vehicle would surface, but with each new hour that passed, loved ones were covered with a black wave of consciousness.

“I think I lost hope when we hit the 96-hour mark. I was like, ‘I’m preparing for the worst. That’s when I lost hope,’ Christina said.

In memory of her deceased son, the woman now wants to learn how to solve the Rubik’s cube herself, as well as continue her husband’s work and develop his initiatives.

“I miss them. I really, really miss them,” Christina concluded.

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