Suleman Dawood was ‘terrified’ of Titan trip but wanted to please his Titanic-obsessed dad, aunt says
was “terrified” about taking the ill-fated trip to the Titanic — but decided to go along to please his dad, who was “absolutely obsessed” with the famed shipwreck, his aunt said.
“I am thinking of Sulaiman, who is 19, in there, just perhaps gasping for breath … It’s been crippling, to be honest,” Azmeh told NBC News in a phone interview from Amsterdam, where she lives with her husband, Jonathan.DAWOOD HERCULES CORPORATION/AFP via Getty Images “I feel like I’ve been caught in a really bad film, with a countdown, but you didn’t know what you’re counting down to. I personally have found it kind of difficult to breathe thinking of them,” she told the outlet.DAWOOD HERCULES CORPORATION/AFP via Getty Images
Azmeh said she had fallen out of touch with her brother in recent years and that he disapproved of her use of cannabis for multiple sclerosis, but added that she remained close to Sulaiman.
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