A woman who gave up her seat on the Titan submersible so her son could enjoy the experience with his father says the teenager took his Rubik’s Cube with him because he wanted to break a world record, according to an interview with the BBC.
Christine Dawood said her son, Suleman, went with the group that she had intended to join to see the remains of the RMS Titanic along with her husband, Shahzada.
The Titan, owned by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with the ship that had launched it about 75 minutes into a dive on June 18. A search was launched for the vessel, but after four days of searching, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it believed the submersible imploded, killing all those aboard.
Officials with OceanGate identified the five on board the Titan as Stockton Rush, the company’s CEO; Shahzada and Suleman Dawood; Hamish Harding; and Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
According to Dawood, her son applied to Guinness World Records to be recognized for solving the puzzle on the ocean floor. His father brought a camera to capture the moment, Dawood said.
“He said, ‘I’m going to solve the Rubik’s Cube 3,700 meters below sea at the Titanic’.”
Dawood told the BBC she had planned to go with her husband to view the wreck of the Titanic, but the trip was canceled because of the COVID pandemic.
When it was rescheduled, she relented and gave her seat to her son.
“I stepped back and gave them space to set [Suleman] up, because he really wanted to go,” she said.
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