It’s been over a week since it was announced the passengers on the doomed Titan sub had perished.
And now we know how they likely spent their final moments.
According to the New York Times, the passengers most likely spent their final moments sitting in total darkness, watching eerie bioluminescent creatures floating by the sub, and listening to their favourite music.
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Christine Dawood, the wife and mother of the father-and-son duo, Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, who died on the sub, told the New York Times the family first became obsessed with the trip after they visited a Titanic exhibit in Singapore in 2012.
When they visited Greenland in 2019 and saw the icebergs, their fascination only grew.
Christine was originally supposed to accompany her husband, but after COVID-19 delayed their trip, their son was old enough to go with him.
The wife and mother also told the publication about the lead-up to the trip.
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Christine and her 17-year-old daughter Alinta accompanied Shahzada and Suleman onto the mothership, the Polar Prince, where they set sail to the dive site.
They had briefings at 7am and 7pm, where they learnt about the wreckage and the expedition.
Those going on the sub were told to wear thick socks and a beanie to cope with the cold temperatures in the depths of the ocean.
They were also told to stick to a ‘low-residue’ diet and to avoid coffee on the morning they set sail.
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The toilet on board was a camp-style toilet behind a curtain.
The passengers were asked to add their favourite music to their phones, which would be played through a Bluetooth speaker, as they descended through the pitch-black ocean.
On the morning of the launch, Christina and Alinta watched as the five passengers climbed into the sub, and divers closed the hatch. A crew then manoeuvred the Titan underwater and released it from the platform.
‘It was a good morning,” she said.
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According to Christine, they almost missed the expedition when their connecting flight was delayed.
“We were actually quite worried, like, ‘Oh, my god, what if they cancel that flight as well?’” she told the Times.
“In hindsight, obviously, I wish they did.”