Inside Titanic Sub Victims Shahzada & Suleman Dawood's Father-Son Bond
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the teen had informed a relative that he "wasn't very up for" the expedition and felt "terrified" about it . She added that he ended up going because the trip fell over Father's Day weekend and he was eager to please his dad, who was "absolutely obsessed" with the Titanic from a young age. The passengers of the Titan each paid $250,000 to OceanGate Expeditions for a place on the Titanic expedition. The Dawoods are among the wealthiest business families in Pakistan, where Shahzada was born. He served as vice chairman of Engro Corporation, headquartered in Karachi and was also a scion of his family's own business empire, Dawood Hercules Corp., NBC News reported.
Suleman had planned to follow in his dad's footsteps, according to the family. "His excitement to join Engro after he graduated could not be contained, culminating in an internship in the summer of 2022 to learn more about the organization that his family was such a passionate believer in," the obituary read. "Suleman is remembered fondly by Engro colleagues as a tall young man walking around with his beloved Rubik's cube and a smile on his face.
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