The mother of a British father and son killed in the Titan submersible disaster has revealed their remains were returned as 'slush in two small boxes'. Christine Dawood, whose husband Shahzada Dawood, 48, and son Suleman Dawood, 19, died in the implosion, said the US Coast Guard took nine months to return the remains.
Speaking to The Guardian, she described the remains as 'the slush that was left' and said they came in 'two small boxes, like shoeboxes'. She added that there was a large pile of mixed DNA that could not be separated, but she declined to take it, only accepting what was known to be her husband and son.
The Titan submersible imploded in June 2023 while en route to the Titanic wreckage. Ms Dawood had originally planned to join the trip but gave her ticket to her son. She said her first reaction upon learning of the 'catastrophic' implosion was relief that they did not suffer.
A US Coast Guard report found that OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush's 'negligence' contributed to the deaths and that the disaster was 'preventable'. Ms Dawood said she chooses not to hate Rush, who also died, as it would give him power, and she focuses on her own wellbeing.
She described her grief as something she must give attention to, visiting her son's room to let the grief come, and noted she is only now beginning to grieve for her husband separately.
