In the days before the Titanic submarine disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean, the youngest passenger, a 19-year-old student accompanying his father on the expedition, was reluctant to go deep into the sea towards the wreck of the Titanic because he was "scared".
However, he accepted the trip to please his adventurous father, said the aunt of the young man who was pronounced dead last night, along with four other passengers and crew members.
Azmeh Dawood, the older sister of Pakistani businessman Shahzad Dawood, said her nephew Sulaiman, 19, had informed a relative that he was unfit for the submarine trip and felt terrified about the Titanic expedition.
The teenager decided to travel for his father without thinking twice, writes CNN.
"I was thinking about Suleiman, who is 19 years old and inside he might be gasping for breath," Azmeh Dawood said in a phone interview from the Amsterdam home she shares with her husband, Jonathan.
Azmeh Dawood was shocked when Ocean Gate, the company behind the Titan expedition, confirmed that the five passengers on board had died. The US Coast Guard said debris in the search area was consistent with a catastrophic explosion.