A heartbreaking final photo shows Pakistani British billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Sulaiman beaming moments before boarding the doomed submarine Titan.
In the photo taken shortly before the OceanGate’s ill-fated voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, the father and son duo happily pose together, with Sulaiman Dawood’s hand resting protectively on his 58-year-old dad’s shoulder.
Each are dressed for the two-and-a-half-hour descent into the icy abyss off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, in high-visibility orange jackets, safety vests, special gloves and helmets.
In the background of the last image is the steel gray ocean that can soon be the final resting place of the Dawoods.
Just moments after this photo was taken aboard the OceanGate mothership, Polar Prince, on June 18, Shahzada and Sulaiman Dawood are believed to have boarded the 22-metre Titan submarine together with three others — OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush, 61, the famous discoverer of the Titanic Paul-Henri Nargeolet (77) and British billionaire Hamish Harding (58).
![The chilling final photo shows 58-year-old Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman smiling at the camera wearing protective gear in front of their ill-fated diver aboard the OceanGate submarine.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000013528727.jpg?w=1024)
One other photo published by the Dawood family shows father and son cuddling tenderly before embarking on their tragic final adventure.
Only one hour and 45 minutes after diving into the Titanic wreck, the OceanGate ship apparently imploded 12,000 feet below sea level, killing everyone on board.
Shahzad Dawood’s widow, Christine Dawood, spoke of OceanGate’s disastrous recent expedition in interview with the Latest York Times published on Sunday, revealing that the passengers – including her husband and son – likely spent their last moments listening to their favorite songs in total darkness, searching the windows at the deep-sea bioluminescent creatures.
![Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood hug](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000013507068-1.jpg)
![The OceanGate Expeditions submarine is pictured on Facebook](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000012909224.jpg?w=1024)
Christina Dawood and her 17-year-old daughter Alina were aboard the OceanGate mothership to say goodbye to the two men as they launched into a $250,000-per-person trip in honor of Father’s Day – a visit they nearly missed attributable to flight delays.
Christine said each her husband and son loved diving to the resting place of the Titanic after being obsessive about the 111-year-old wreck for years.
“He was like a vibrating baby,” Christine told the Times of her husband’s excitement before the descent. “It was a very good morning.”
When contact with the submarine was lost lower than two hours later, Christina said she was sure communication problems weren’t unusual, and if the disruption lasted greater than an hour, the dive can be aborted and the sub would lift back as much as the surface. .
“I used to be also the ocean in case I could see them come to the surface,” said the wife.
Last week, the US Coast Guard announced the discovery of “alleged human stays” in pieces of OceanGate submarine debris found at the site of the implosion.