"Walking into Christine Dawood's kitchen, it's impossible not to be drawn to the model Titanic in the centre of the room. Sitting in its own glass-fronted cabinet, the Lego ship is almost 1.5 metres long, constructed of 9,090 of the iconic plastic bricks."
"On 18 June 2023, Suleman Dawood died alongside his 48-year-old father, Shahzada, and three other men in the Titan submersible as it attempted to dive to the Titanic."
"People are always a bit shocked to see it, she admits. But what was I going to do? Break it up? Hide it away? Suleman put all those hours in."
"I don't want her to be known as that girl who lost her father and brother on the Titan, she tells me. She's just starting her life and I prefer to leave her out."
Christine Dawood's kitchen features a 1.5-meter Lego model of the Titanic, built by her son Suleman. He was fascinated by the Titanic after visiting an exhibition. On June 18, 2023, Suleman and his father, Shahzada, died in the Titan submersible tragedy while attempting to dive to the Titanic wreck. The incident drew significant media attention, partly due to Suleman's young age. Dawood expresses her desire to protect her daughter from being defined by this tragedy as she begins her own life.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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