A grieving mother who lost both her husband and son in the Titan sub disaster a year ago has said she misses them ‘every day, every hour, every minute’.
However, Christine Dawood – who said the ordeal ‘nearly broke’ her – said that she ‘can’t feel anything but being grateful’ for the outpouring of love she has received since the tragedy.
Her husband of 20 years Shahzada and son Suleman, 19, died while diving down to the historic wreck off Newfoundland, Canada, on June 18, 2023.
Contact was lost between the Titan submersible and its mother ship MV Polar Prince one hour and 45 minutes into the dive to see the wreck of the Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912.
A year ago, the world held its breath as the search and rescue mission began for the sub which had just 96 hours of oxygen left.
And sadly on June 22, the US Coast Guard found debris on the Atlantic seabed which evidenced the Titan had imploded the same day it dived.
Posting on Facebook ahead of the anniversary, Mrs Dawood, who also has a daughter, Alina, 18, said: ‘When people pass, they take a piece of you with them.
Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman (pictured) died during a dive in the North Atlantic to view the wreck of the Titanic, off the coast of Newfoundland, in the Titan vessel
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Christine Dawood (pictured) said the deaths ‘nearly broke’ her, speaking a year on
![One hour and 45 minutes into the dive in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Newfoundland, the Titan lost communication with its support ship, the Polar Prince](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/79955003-13538037-One_hour_and_45_minutes_into_the_dive_in_the_North_Atlantic_off_-a-75_1718619351323.jpg?resize=634%2C438&ssl=1)
![One hour and 45 minutes into the dive in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Newfoundland, the Titan lost communication with its support ship, the Polar Prince](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/79955003-13538037-One_hour_and_45_minutes_into_the_dive_in_the_North_Atlantic_off_-a-75_1718619351323.jpg?resize=634%2C438&ssl=1)
One hour and 45 minutes into the dive in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Newfoundland, the Titan lost communication with its support ship, the Polar Prince
![Posting on Facebook, Mrs Dawood said: 'When people pass, they take a piece of you with them'](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/86215019-13538037-image-a-82_1718619506459.jpg?resize=634%2C718&ssl=1)
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Posting on Facebook, Mrs Dawood said: ‘When people pass, they take a piece of you with them’
‘As the one year anniversary is coming closer, I’m reflecting back on a time that nearly broke me, and yet the love and support I’ve received was, and still is, so huge that I can’t feel anything but being grateful.
‘I miss them every day, every hour, every minute, they will never be replaced.’
Posting an image of candles, she added: ‘With these candles, I’d like to send their light to anyone who’s open enough to receive it.
‘I’d like to thank everyone for their love and prayers. I felt them and they helped.
‘Light a candle for the missing people in your life and send their light into the world.’
British Pakistani businessman Shahzada, 48, and teenager Suleman, who was studying business analysis and human resources at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, were among a group of tourists diving to depths of 12,500ft to look at what remains of the passenger liner, having paid $250,000 each.
Operated by the American tourism and expeditions company OceanGate, the sub suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ at some point into the journey.
Also onboard the submersible was OceanGate’s American CEO Stockton Rush, French deep-sea explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet and British businessman Hamish Harding.
![Suleman Dawood was just 19 when he went on the trip with his father to see the Titanic](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/79955185-13538037-Suleman_Dawood_was_just_19_when_he_went_on_the_trip_with_his_fat-a-78_1718619361959.jpg?resize=634%2C849&ssl=1)
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Suleman Dawood was just 19 when he went on the trip with his father to see the Titanic
![The father and son were among a group of tourists diving to depths of 12,500ft to look at what remains of the passenger liner, having paid $250,000 each](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/79955193-13538037-It_is_now_seven_months_since_she_last_saw_them_climbing_into_the-a-79_1718619366822.jpg?resize=634%2C740&ssl=1)
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The father and son were among a group of tourists diving to depths of 12,500ft to look at what remains of the passenger liner, having paid $250,000 each
![Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/79955633-13538037-Debris_from_the_Titan_submersible_recovered_from_the_ocean_floor-a-80_1718619369292.jpg?resize=634%2C428&ssl=1)
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Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck
Mrs Dawood, 49, has previously spoken of her hurt at losing half of her family.
In February she posted that she had started a jar of ‘things I’m grateful for’ Post-It notes to help her in ‘moments of darkness.’
And in December, six months after the deaths, she wrote a moving piece in honour of her husband and son, saying on Facebook: ‘The Ocean. Droplets of water. Connected.
‘Every time I touch the ocean, I feel them, because they are part of it now.
‘When the waves caress my skin, it’s like their whispers of love around me.
‘Six months on and I still can’t believe it. I might look forlorn, my heart is not.
‘I feel gratitude to the people around me, who walk beside me, who catch me when I stumble and who make me laugh even when I feel like crying.
‘It’s been the most challenging year I’ve ever known, and yet I’m still standing.
![Five people are onboard, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/72360313-13538037-Five_people_are_onboard_including_British_billionaire_adventurer-a-85_1718619556932.jpg?resize=306%2C366&ssl=1)
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![Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/72370719-13538037-Shahzada_Dawood_and_his_son_Suleman-a-86_1718619556932.jpg?resize=306%2C366&ssl=1)
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Five people were onboard, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman
![French Navy veteran PH Nargeolet was in the sub](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/72300437-13538037-French_Navy_veteran_PH_Nargeolet_was_in_the_sub-a-83_1718619554862.jpg?resize=306%2C380&ssl=1)
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![OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was also onboard](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/72305559-13538037-OceanGate_CEO_Stockton_Rush_was_also_onboard-a-84_1718619554864.jpg?resize=306%2C380&ssl=1)
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French Navy veteran PH Nargeolet (left) was in the sub along with Stockton Rush (right), CEO of the OceanGate Expedition
‘Seeing with my eyes closed. Feeling with my heart bleeding. Moving with my roots deepening.
‘Flying with my tattered wings. Listening with wind in my hair. So that one day I will be able to love again with all I am.’
And in August she said: ‘I can’t believe it has been eight weeks already. Eight weeks where I wake up to an empty bed.
‘Eight weeks without hugging or kissing them. Eight weeks without hearing their laughs, jokes or even complains. I think of them every day.
‘But there is no life without death, just like there is no light without darkness and shadows.
‘Their lights shine bright and while I feel I’m in the darkness right now, I can feel their light, their warmth and their love in everything around me.
‘They are now part of the circle of life, and being in nature, watching fruits and flowers grow, is reminding me, that we all have to move on some day. Till I see you again.’
She also said that Suleman had been an ‘incredible gift’. He was at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, studying business analysis and human resources and intending to work with his father in the family business, when they boarded the Polar Prince to visit the wreck of the Titanic in the Titan submersible.
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Sidonie Nargeolet with her father Paul Henri-Nargeolet who died on the Titan sub trip
![French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, was one of the five killed when a submersible imploded on a trip to the wreckage of the Titanic a year ago](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/17/11/86209461-13538037-French_explorer_Paul_Henri_Nargeolet_77_was_one_of_the_five_kill-a-97_1718619897133.jpg?resize=634%2C423&ssl=1)
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French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, was one of the five killed when a submersible imploded on a trip to the wreckage of the Titanic a year ago
It comes after the grieving daughter of another of those killed in the Titan tragedy spoke out to say her father, known as ‘Mr Titanic’, died doing what he loved most.
French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, was one of the five killed when a submersible imploded on a trip to the wreckage of the Titanic a year ago.
Ahead of the first anniversary, his daughter Sidonie Nargeolet, 40, said he must have been ‘super happy’ and he had a ‘very good death’.
She told the Sunday Times her father died doing his favourite thing and passed away ‘healthy with his mind intact’.
When she last spoke to him as he arrived on the Polar Prince – the ship from which the sub launched – he was ‘happy’.
But at 6am the next morning, she was told that the Titan was missing and she said she ‘cried for 10 minutes’.