{"id":326085,"date":"2026-04-29T02:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326085"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:22:47","slug":"father-and-son-killed-in-titan-sub-were-returned-as-slush-in-shoeboxes-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/father-and-son-killed-in-titan-sub-were-returned-as-slush-in-shoeboxes-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and son killed in Titan sub were returned as \u2018slush\u2019 in \u2018shoeboxes\u2019 | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman were killed within the disaster<br \/>(Picture: AFP\/GETTY IMAGES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A grieving mother said her husband and son killed within the Titan sub disaster, got back to her as\u00a0\u2018slush in two small boxes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Shahzada Dawood, 48, was killed on the dive along with his 19-year-old son Suleman because the doomed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/oceangate-expeditions\/index.html\">OceanGate<\/a> vessel tried to achieve the Titanic wreck on June 18, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>All five passengers\u00a0\u2013 CEO\u00a0Stockton Rush, UK billionaire\u00a0Hamish Harding, French explorer\u00a0Paul Henry Nargeolet and Mr Darwood and his son were killed \u2018instantaneously\u2019 when the sub imploded.<\/p>\n<p>Now Christine Dawood has spoken of the agonising nine-month wait for the \u2018bodies\u2019 of her family to be returned from the Atlantic seabed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Well, once I say bodies, I mean the slush that was left,\u2019 she told The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They got here in two small boxes, like shoeboxes\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tJoin for all of the most recent stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong>News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get <strong>Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The slush is the stays that were recovered from the seabed, which were separated and DNA tested by the US Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There wasn\u2019t much they may find,\u2019 she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SEI_160946274-bb9b.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22332170\" alt=\"Shahzada Dawood and wife Christine https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christine.dawood\/photos\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Christine Dawood refused to take stays that were mixed with the opposite victims (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018They&#8217;ve a giant pile they&#8217;ll\u2019t separate, all mixed DNA, they usually asked if I wanted a few of that, too. But I said no, just what you realize is Suleman and Shahzada.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Dawood told the paper she still has her son\u2019s 9,090-piece Lego model of the Titanic built over two weeks on display in her kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Persons are at all times a bit shocked to see it,\u2019 she says. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_261251833-5425.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23987684\" alt=\"(FILES) This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible beginning a descent. Safety failures by the OceanGate company led to the deadly 2023 implosion of its Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard said in a final report published on August 5. (Photo by Handout \/ OceanGate Expeditions \/ AFP) \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \" afp=\"\" photo=\"\" oceangate=\"\" expeditions=\"\" no=\"\" marketing=\"\" advertising=\"\" campaigns=\"\" distributed=\"\" as=\"\" a=\"\" service=\"\" to=\"\" clients=\"\" by=\"\" handout=\"\" via=\"\" getty=\"\" images=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>An anonymous billionaire could also be about to make the primary trip to the Titanic because the Titan disaster (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018But what was I going to do? Break it up? Hide it away? Suleman put all those hours in. He\u2019d been fascinated with the Titanic since we went to an enormous exhibition after we lived in Singapore.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Researchers into the disaster realised the sub will need to have collapsed inwards inside a fraction of a second, killing all five men instantaneously.<\/p>\n<p>On hearing the update, Mrs Darwood, who has written a book about her heartbreak, said: \u2018My first thought was, \u201cThank God\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I knew\u00a0Shahzada and Suleman didn\u2019t even learn about it. One moment they were there and the following they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Knowing they didn\u2019t suffer has been so essential. They\u2019re gone, but the best way they went does one way or the other make it easier.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Because the disaster, Oceangate has suspended its operations and currently has no full-time employees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SEI_161491255-b597.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22541477\" alt=\"Stockton Rush is Chief Executive Officer and Founder (2009) of OceanGate Inc. World-renowned explorer Hamish Harding is among the five people who went missing aboard a tourist submarine visiting the shipwreck of the Titanic Monday morning, his family has confirmed. Harding?s family said the 58-year-old British millionaire was aboard the missing OceanGate Expeditions submarine on Monday, a day after he shared his excitement about the trip 13510649\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was considered one of five passengers onboard the doomed sub when it imploded (Picture: OceanGate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Titan report critical of Stockton Rush<\/h2>\n<p>A National Transportation Safety Board\u00a0report states that the faulty engineering of the Titan \u2018resulted in the development of a carbon fiber composite pressure vessel that contained multiple anomalies and failed to fulfill needed strength and sturdiness requirements.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>It also stated that OceanGate, the owner of the Titan, did not adequately test the Titan and was unaware of its true durability.<\/p>\n<p>Eight \u2018primary causal aspects\u2019 that led to the\u00a0implosion\u00a0were identified within the 335-page report, which also criticised OceanGate\u2019s \u2018toxic workplace environment\u2019 and \u2018disturbing pattern of misrepresentation and reckless disregard for safety\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Titan sub was continually used despite \u2018a series of incidents that compromised the integrity of the hull and other critical components\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The sub was product of carbon fibre, which an authority told\u00a0<strong>Metro\u00a0<\/strong>had \u2018never been\u2019 an appropriate material to construct deep water submarines, since it gets weaker with every dive.<\/p>\n<p>OceanGate\u2019s former director of engineering said the primary hull used on the Titan was akin to a \u2018highschool project\u2019, the US Coast Guard said.riminal offences\u2019 within the case of Mr Rush, saying he had \u2018exhibited negligence that contributed to the deaths of 4 individuals\u2019 and can have been accused of \u2018misconduct or neglect of ship officers\u2019 had he survived the incident.<\/p>\n<p>This offence carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years within the US.<\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--news\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>News Updates<\/h4>\n<p>Stay on top of the headlines with day by day email updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman were killed within the disaster(Picture: AFP\/GETTY IMAGES) A grieving mother said her husband and son killed within the Titan sub disaster, got back to her as\u00a0\u2018slush in two small boxes\u2019. 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