Shiga cikin kicin din Christine Dawood, ba za ka iya rage lura da samfurin Titanic ba a tsakiyar dakin. Yana zaune a cikin kabad dinsa mai gilashi—jirgin Lego mai tsayi kusan mita 1.5, wanda aka gina daga tubalan filastik na gargajiya 9,090. Dan ta mai shekara 19, Suleman, ya kwashe kusan makonni biyu yana hada shi. "Mutane kullum suna dan gigita ganinsa," in ji ta. "Amma me zan yi? Na rarraba shi? Na boye shi? Suleman ya saka duk wadancan sa'o'i a cikinsa. Ya kasance yana sha'awar Titanic tun lokacin da muka je wani babban nuni lokacin da muke zaune a Singapore."
Na je wannan nunin ne lokacin da ya zo London, kuma na tuna da mamakin farantin china din da suka tsira ba tare da wani tabo ba; rigunan ceto da ba a yi amfani da su ba wadanda ba za su iya ceton kowa ba; takardun kida daga makada wadanda ake zaton sun ci gaba da buga kida da jaruntaka yayin da jirgin ke nutsewa. Maimakon tikitin, ka sami kwafin katin shiga mai sunan fasinja na gaske. A karshen, za ka iya duba wanda ya rayu da wanda bai rayu ba.
A ranar 18 ga Yuni, 2023, Suleman Dawood ya mutu tare da mahaifinsa mai shekara 48, Shahzada, da wasu maza uku a cikin jirgin ruwan Titan yayin da yake kokarin nutsewa zuwa Titanic. Suna sama da tarkacen jirgin da mita 500 lokacin da jirgin ya fashe. Wani bala'i ne mai ban tsoro wanda ya zama kanun labarai a duniya.
"Titanic tana karbar wasu mutane biyar, ko?" in ji Dawood. "Kuma shekarun dana ya kasance babban abu. Ina tsammanin wannan wani dalili ne da ya sa 'yan jarida suka kama shi. Idan da maza biyar ne, da ba zai zama mai ban sha'awa ba."
Muna cikin gidan iyali a Surrey, inda take zaune tare da 'yarta mai shekara 20. Dawood tana kare ta a fili. "Ba na son a san ta a matsayin yarinyar da ta rasa mahaifinta da dan uwanta a Titan," in ji ta. "Ta fara rayuwarta, kuma na fi son in kiyaye ta daga ciki. Amma ta fahimci cewa ina son yin magana yanzu." Tagogi daga kasa zuwa rufi sun rufe gefe daya na dakin. Tana bukatar wannan haske da sarari, in ji Dawood, bayan ta girma a tsaunukan Bavaria. A bangon akwai zane-zanen Pakistan masu launi masu yawa, galibi kyaututtuka daga surukanta, wadanda har yanzu tana kusanci da su sosai. "Har yanzu ina son wannan gidan," in ji ta. "Ko da yake ba su nan kuma." Dawood, kwararriyar masaniyar ilimin halin dan Adam, tana magana dalla-dalla a karon farko; ta kuma rubuta littafi da ke ba da labarinta.
Wani tashin hankali na kafafen yada labarai ya barke lokacin da labari ya zo cewa Titan ya bata. Jita-jita ta yadu. Shin jirgin ya makale a cikin tarkacen jirgin? Ko kuma yana shawagi a Arewacin Atlantic? Rahotanni sun ce jirgin da ya lalace yana da iskar oxygen na kwanaki hudu kawai. An fara kirgawa; kafafen sada zumunta sun shaku da makomar karamin jirgin. Kuma yayin da cikakkun bayanai suka fito game da mutanen da ke cikin jirgin, labari ya yadu cewa Dawood ita ce ta kamata ta kasance a cikin jirgin, amma ta ba da tikitinta ga danta.
Kusan shekaru uku kenan, tana rike da shawarar da ta samu lokacin da ta zo bakin teku bayan binciken na kwanaki hudu. "Daya daga cikin Jami'an Tsaron Tekun Kanada ne," in ji ta. "Wata mace mai gogewa sosai mai gashi mai farin gashi—na manta sunanta—ta ba ni shawara mafi kyau da na taba samu: 'Hankalin baya ba zai taimake ka ba, don haka kada ka fada cikin wannan tarko. Domin ka san shi yanzu... ba ka san shi a da ba.' Kullum ina tuna da ita tana gaya min haka. Suleman yana son tafiya, kuma na yi farin cikin barin kujerar. Na yi farin ciki da ya yi abubuwan tunawa da mahaifinsa. Ba zan iya canza hakan ba."
A lokacin kulle-kulle na 2020, Dawood ta ci karo da wani talla na "damar rayuwa daya tilo." Damar nutsewa zuwa Titanic. Iyalin sun sami wani kwikwiyo kwanan nan, wani Karen Bernese Mountain mai suna Stig, wanda ke zaune kusa da Dawood yayin da muke magana. "Ina zazzage Instagram," in ji ta, "ina ganin hotunan kwikwiyo da yawa da irin wannan abu, lokacin da hoton wani jirgin ruwa ya fito kusa da Titanic. Ba zan iya yarda ba, don haka na kira Quintessentially, kamfanin tafiyar mu na sirri. Suna kiran kansu manajojin rayuwa, kuma muna biyan su babbar kudin shiga ta shekara. Sun shirya tafiye-tafiye masu ban mamaki a gare mu a baya, zuwa Antarctica da Greenland. Don haka lokacin da suka dawo suka ce hakan yana yiwuwa, mun yi farin ciki."
OceanGate, wanda Shugaba Stockton Rush ya kafa a 2009, hakika yana tallata nutsewar yawon bude ido zuwa shahararren tarkacen jirgin. Manufar Ba'amurken shine ya sa zurfin teku ya zama mai isa ga kowa. A 2013, Rush ya fara aiki akan Titan, jirgin ruwa wanda ya yi imani zai zama mara lalacewa kamar yadda sunan sa ya kasance. Zane na gwaji ya saba wa injiniyan jirgin ruwa da aka tabbatar. Karkashin carbon fiber da siffar silinda sun maye gurbin tsarin gargajiya, masu dogaro na titanium ko karfe mai karfi, wadanda aka sani da jure matsin teku mai zurfi.
A takarda, wannan nutsewa ta zama mai sauki. Ta kasance mai yiwuwa kuma mai dacewa. Kullum muna masu yawon bude ido ne a cikin masu bincike.
Da farko, Dawood ta ba da shawarar su yi wani nutsewa marar zurfi don su saba da kullewa a cikin jirgin mai tsawon mita 6.7. Amma Shahzada ya dage: yana son tafiya kai tsaye zuwa Titanic. "Idan ina yin nutsewa, ina son yin shi da kyau," ya gaya mata. "Abin da ya sa ya yi nasara a kasuwanci," in ji ta. "Ka saita manufa bayyananna, kuma ka bi ta. Amma shi ba mai son adrenalin ba ne. Idan na ba da shawarar tsalle daga gada, da ya ce, 'A'a!' Ba zai yi abin da Jeff Bezos ya yi ba ya tashi a roka, domin kana bukatar lafiyar jiki da horo. Ba zai yi hakan ba. A takarda, wannan nutsewa ta kasance mai dadi. Kawai zauna, ko? Ba ya bukatar lafiya. Ta kasance mai yiwuwa kuma mai dacewa. Kullum muna masu yawon bude ido ne a cikin masu bincike."
Duniya ta yi jinkirin murmurewa daga takunkumin COVID, don haka Dawood ta kara tafiyar a cikin jerin abubuwan da iyalin suke so. Tsawon shekaru biyu masu zuwa, ba ta bi diddigin balaguron OceanGate ba. Rayuwa ta sake yin aiki da makaranta. Sun tafi wani tafiya a tekun Mediterranean tare da surukanta daga Pakistan bayan ba su gansu ba na dogon lokaci. A watan Satumba 2022, Suleman ya fara wani sabon babi, yana karatun kasuwanci a Jami'ar Strathclyde.
Mafarkin binciken zurfin teku an manta da su har zuwa karshen 2022, lokacin da Quintessentially ta kira don tambaya ko har yanzu suna sha'awar ziyartar Titanic. "Kudi ne mai yawa," in ji Dawood – "$500,000 don kujeru biyu! Irin kudin da zan yi tsammanin biyan gida." Ta dan yi dariya, tana girgiza kai kan kudin yanzu. Amma iyalin sun iya biya – Shahzada ya fito daga daya daga cikin iyalai mafi arziki a Pakistan – kuma suka fara shirin shiga balaguron OceanGate na 2023. "Duk binciken da na yi," in ji ta, "ban sami wani hatsari daya shafi jirgin ruwan farar hula ba. Hakan ya ishe ni. Da kyar na san OceanGate, don haka amanata ta dogara ne akan Quintessentially."
A cikin wata sanarwa, Quintessentially ta ce ayyukan da suke bayarwa ga mambobi suna sirri, amma ta fayyace cewa ba su taba samun dangantakar kasuwanci da OceanGate ba, ba su tallata wani balaguron su ba, ko kuma ba da shawarar su ga mambobi ba. Sun ce "za su ci gaba da tallafawa iyalin Dawood."
A watan Fabrairu 2023, Rush da matarsa Wendy, darektan sadarwa na OceanGate, sun tashi daga Seattle zuwa London don saduwa da Dawoods. A wani cafe a South Bank, Rush ya fara tabbatar musu cewa tafiyar za ta cancanci kowane kobo. Ya yi alfahari da yadda Titan ya kasance na musamman. Babu wani jirgin ruwa... Ya gaya musu cewa jirgin zai iya daukar mutane har biyar zuwa zurfin teku. Ya riga ya sa mafarkai su zama gaskiya ta hanyar kai shi Titanic sau 13. Ya bayyana halittun teku masu ban mamaki da kuma walƙiyoyin shudi, kore, da farin haske mai ban tsoro da za su gani suna wucewa ta babbar taga kallo—"mafi girma a duniya," kamar yadda yake kiranta—kuma a karshe, yadda za su isa tarkacen jirgin. Za su yi tafiya zuwa ga shahararren bakan jirgin, wanda aka rufe da tsatsa, kwayoyin halitta suna cinye kwarangwal din babban jirgin a hankali.
Hoton Titan da ba a rubuta kwanan wata ba yana yin sauka. Hoton: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
"Ba mu taba yin snorkeling ba," in ji Dawood. "Kuma Shahzada ya shaku sosai da labarun Rush. Amma Wendy ta yi shiru sosai. Sai tattaunawar ta koma kan sadarwa tsakanin jirgin da jirgin. Stockton ya ce, 'Eh, wani lokacin muna rasa hulda.' Na lura da jikin Wendy ya yi tauri. 'Ba mu son hakan idan ya faru,' ta gaya masa. 'Idan ba ka gaya mana inda kake ba, muna damuwa.' Na ji tashin hankali a tsakaninsu; ba za ta iya shiga zuwa gare shi ba. Ina tsammanin ta ga hadurran; ta ga cewa wani abu ba daidai ba ne. Ya yi watsi da ita kawai."
Akwai abubuwa da yawa da Rush ya yi watsi da su—abubuwan da Dawood za ta koya bayan bala'in. Bai gaya musu game da yawan nutsewar da aka soke da kuma daruruwan matsalolin fasaha da suka addabi Titan a lokacin gajerun yanayi biyu a Arewacin Atlantic ba. Ko cewa a watan Yuli 2022, yayin hawa, fasinjoji sun ji wani kara mai fashewa wanda ya girgiza jirgin, wanda Rush bai bincika ba. Ko cewa jirgin yana aiki a karkashin radar, cewa ya ki a duba shi ko a rarraba shi ta kowace hukumar ruwa, yana mai cewa tsarin aminci ya yi jinkiri sosai kuma "ya danne kirkire-kirkire." Titan, a gaskiya, ba a yi masa rajista don daukar fasinjoji ba. Yayin da ma'auratan suka yi musafaha, Rushs sun kasa ambata cewa tsawon watanni shida da suka gabata, Titan yana zaune a wani filin ajiye motoci a St John's, ba a rufe shi ba kuma ba a kula da shi ba, yana fuskantar yanayin sanyi na hunturu na Newfoundland.
A ranar 14 ga Yuni, iyalin suka tashi da cakudar tashin hankali da farin ciki. "Dukkanmu mun shagala sosai," in ji Dawood. "Kuma wannan shine farkon wani tafiya na iyali, haka muka gani." Sun rasa jirgin da zai kai su St John's, don haka lokacin da suka isa, dole ne su shiga kai tsaye cikin Polar Prince, jirgin da zai kai su mil 400 kudu maso gabas ta Arewacin Atlantic zuwa ruwan Titanic. Ba tare da sanin Dawood ba, kudade sun yi karanci, kuma Polar Prince shine kawai abin da Rush zai iya biya. Tsohon jirgin kankara ne, jirgin ba a tsara shi don daukar fasinjoji ba, kuma karkashinsa mai siffar cokali yana ta karkata da juyawa. A 2021 da 2022, OceanGate ta yi hayar wani jirgin zamani, Horizon Arctic, wanda ke dauke da Titan a kan bene. Ba zai yiwu a dauki jirgin a kan Polar Prince ba, don haka an ja shi a baya a kan wani dandali, yana fuskantar bugun raƙuman ruwa. "Wannan shine mafi tsananin da muka taba tafiya," in ji Dawood. "Ina kusan shekara 50, kuma ka saka ni a gado mai benaye da zanen gado masu kauri! Jiragen ruwa na yawon bude ido suna da na'urorin daidaitawa masu kyau, kuma kana biyan $500,000 don wannan?" Amma ta yi dariya kuma ta gaya mini yadda suka yi wasa da shi.
Wannan watan, Newfoundland yana jin daɗin yanayi mai zafi da ba a saba ba. Hazo na teku yana tafiya a hankali tare da bakin tekun mai dutse, kuma wasu duwatsun kankara sun dade a arewa. Capelin sun isa kusa da gaci a miliyoyi, kuma an ga fiye da 300 na whales humpback cikin farin ciki yayin da manyan dabbobi ke cin kananan kifin. Amma a cikin Atlantic, inda Polar Prince ke zuwa, wani hazo mai nauyi ya ci gaba. Tun farkon balaguron su na 2023, OceanGate ba ta yi nasarar yin nutsewa daya kasa da mita 10 ba.
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: Christine Dawood, an dauki hotonta a gida. Hoton: Cian Oba-Smith/The Guardian
"Ba ni da lokaci mai yawa don tunani ko jin tsoro sosai," in ji Dawood. "Mun kasance a kan jirgin na kwanaki biyu muna zuwa can, kuma a lokacin na yi rashin lafiya sosai. Don haka lokacin da ma'aikatan suka ce yanayi ya share kuma nutsewar ta fara, shirina shine in raka su sannan in yi barci har su dawo."
Shahzada da Suleman sun sa riguna kamar wadanda 'yan sama jannati ke amfani da su, dauke da sunayensu da tambarin OceanGate. Rush ya hade su, wanda ke tuki, wani dan kasuwa dan Burtaniya mai suna Hamish Harding, da kuma dan ruwa dan Faransa Paul-Henri Nargeolet, wanda aka fi sani da "Mr. Titanic" domin shi ne babban masani a duniya kan tarkacen jirgin. Ya riga ya ga jirgin sau 37, biyar daga cikinsu a kan Titan, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jagoran OceanGate.
"Wani lokaci ne inda ka koma ga barkwanci mai duhu," in ji Dawood. "Muna magana game da hadurra. Na tuna Hamish yana cewa ba zai taba tafiya da helikwafta ba—yana tsammanin suna da hadari sosai. Suleman yana da Rubik's Cube dinsa domin yana son kafa tarihin warware shi a zurfin da ba a taba gani ba. Kuma muna dariya domin Shahzada ba shi da daidaito, kuma lokacin da ya sauka daga matakala, ya dan yi rawar jiki. Na yi hannu. Shi ke nan. Sun shiga wani karamin jirgi suka tafi da sauri. Bankwana ya yi da sauri."
Dawood ta kalli yadda mijinta da danta aka kai su Titan, yana shawagi kusan mita 100 a kan dandalinsa na harba da maidowa. Masu ruwa biyu a can sun ja su a kan tsarin mara karko kuma suka jagorance su cikin jirgin daya bayan daya. "Yi kyakkyawan nutsewa," daya ya ce wa Suleman yayin da yake taimaka masa shiga ciki. An rufe kofar, kuma tankunan shawagi a kowane kusurwar dandalin an cika su da ruwa. Titan ya nutse a karkashin raƙuman ruwa, ya rabu da dandalin, kuma ya fara faduwa kyauta. Zai dauki kimanin sa'o'i uku don isa tarkacen jirgin, mil 2.5 a kasa a kasan teku.
Kusan karfe 11 na safe, Dawood tana cikin wurin cin abinci, tana fatan maganin ciwon teku, lokacin da labari mara dadi na farko ya zo. "Sun rasa sadarwa," ta ji wani yana cewa. Sai suka lura da ita. "Kada ka damu, hakan ba sabon abu ba ne," aka gaya mata. "A wannan lokacin, me zan yi?" in ji ta yanzu. "Na ji an kama ni a kan wannan jirgin, kuma ba ni da wani zabi face in amince da abin da suka gaya mini." Ma'aikatan OceanGate sun yi kama da natsuwa. Sun sha wannan a baya, kuma komai zai yi kyau. Jirgin zai dawo da karfe 3 na yamma.
Yana da wuya a yi tunanin yadda sa'o'i masu zuwa suka ji tsawon. Kullum suna duba sararin sama don wata alama ta jirgin, suna kuskuren fararen raƙuman ruwa a matsayin wutsiyar Titan da ke fitowa daga teku. A dakin sadarwa inda Wendy Rush take, allon bin diddigin ya kasance babu komai, kuma na'urar rubutu ta yi shiru.
"Na gaya wa kaina sun makale. Amma na damu. Duk mazana biyu ba su da kyau a cikin duhu, kuma na san zai zama wani nau'in duhu daban a can. Babu komai. Ba za ka iya ganin komai ba."
Da karfe 6:30 na yamma, har yanzu babu alamar Titan. Kyle Bingham, darektan aikin OceanGate, ya kira taro kuma ya sanar da cewa Titan yanzu ya bata a hukumance. Dawood tana fama da kwatanta abin da ta ji lokacin jin wadancan kalmomi. "Kamar dusar kankara ce," in ji ta. "Kana ganin ta tana zuwa. Ga shi, za a buge ni. Amma kana kan wani dutse, to ina za ka je? Dole ne in yi zabi na sane. Na san ba zan iya barin motsin rai ya mamaye ni ba. Don haka, na yi fikafikai na tashi a raina. Haka na ceci kaina daga dusar kankarar."
"Na gaya wa kaina sun makale," in ji ta. "Amma na damu. Suleman ba shi da... to, duk mazana biyu ba su da kyau a cikin duhu, kuma na san zai zama wani nau'in duhu daban a can. Babu komai. Ba za ka iya ganin komai ba." Ta tuna tana shan danshin da ke jikin bangon jirgin ta hanyar bututu. Ta tuna cewa likitan OceanGate ya ba ta wani abu don ciwon teku kuma ya tambayi daya daga cikin sauran masu yawon bude ido—wanda ke fatan yin nutsewa na gaba—ya "kula da ita." Ta tuna tana yawo a cikin jirgin, tana son labarai amma tana tsoron abin da za ta ji. "Akwai muryoyi masu rauni da yawa," in ji ta. "Sun tsaya lokacin da na matso, amma na ji suna cewa ruwansu zai iya karewa kuma watakila za su sha danshin da ke jikin bangon jirgin ta hanyar bututu... Ba na bukatar wadancan tunanin a kaina, don haka na yi kokarin kada in saurara. Na share duk labarai daga wayata. Ban ma san kirgawar iskar oxygen ba. Duk abin da ma'aikatan suka gaya mini shi ne cewa za su iya rayuwa kwanaki hudu a can, ba fiye da haka ba."
Yayin da aikin bincike da ceto ke gudana, sararin saman Polar Prince ya cika da hayakin jiragen da Jami'an Tsaron Tekun Amurka da Kanada suka aiko. A St John's, kafafen yada labarai sun taru a tashar jiragen ruwa, an gudanar da taron manema labarai, an tattauna ra'ayoyi, kuma jita-jita ta yadu game da wata al'ada mai guba a OceanGate—cewa Stockton Rush ya yi watsi da gargadi da yawa game da aikinsa, kuma ya yi watsi da aminci a matsayin bata lokaci. Gaskiya ta fara fitowa.
Amma, mil 400 a cikin teku, Dawood ta dogara gaba daya ga bayanan kamfanin. "Hankalin da ke kan jirgin shi ne gaba daya musun," in ji ta. "Ma'aikatan sun yi kamar ba abin da ke faruwa." Bingham ya ci gaba da hasashen cewa akwai matsalar fasaha, amma Rush da Nargeolet sun kware sosai don dawo da jirgin sama. Ya yi magana game da kararrakin da aka ji. "Na yau da kullun kuma masu muhimmanci," ya tabbatar wa kowa. Suna kokarin gano inda yake fitowa, ko mutanen suna aika SOS daga cikin Titan. "Yana daukar lokaci kawai," ya gaya musu. "Ya shiga raina cewa OceanGate na da wasu dalilai na sirri ga abin da suka gaya mana," in ji Dawood. "Suna kokarin guje wa gaskiya ne kawai. Amma da na rushe da sauri da yawa ba tare da bege ba."
An fitar da wani jadawali don taimaka wa ma'aikatan jirgin su wuce lokaci. An shirya zaman kida, an zabi fina-finai, kuma an shirya wasan karta na dare. "A karshe, ina tsammanin suna son daukar hankalin mutane, su shagaltar da kowa," in ji Dawood. "Suna son kowa ya goyi bayansu, kada su ciyar da wani abu ga 'yan jarida. Amma zaman kida? Da gaske zan zauna in rera Kumbaya? Na yi kokarin kallon fim, amma lokacin da na isa, ya ji kamar cin amana. Kallon Wayne's World yayin da suke makale a cikin duhu bai dace da ni ba."
Yayin da nake kokarin tunanin yanayin ban mamaki da ta bayyana, a gefen idona, na lura da wani faranti mai ruwan shuɗi mai karamin hannu da sunan Suleman a kasa, an nuna shi a kan tebur. Na gane cewa a karon farko a yau, idanun Dawood sun fara cika da hawaye.
Duba hoto cikin cikakken allo: Stockton Rush an dauki hotonsa a cikin Titan. Hoton: BBC/ Take Me To Titan (BBC Travelshow)/ Simon Platts
A ranar 22 ga Yuni, Horizon Arctic ya isa wurin dauke da wani abin da ake sarrafa shi daga nesa wanda zai iya nutsewa zuwa zurfin Titanic. An tura shi nan take kuma ya isa kasa bayan mintuna 90. Yana duba kasan teku da idon sa na mutum-mutumi, ya aika da hotuna ga masu aiki a sama da kuma Jami'an Tsaron Tekun Amurka, wadanda ke da iko yanzu. Yayin da ake jagorantar abin, sun ga wani abu a gefen firam. Ragowar wutsiyar Titan da aka karkata ta bayyana. "Duk wata alama a wannan lokacin ita ce wani bala'i ya faru da Titan," su ne kalmomin da Jami'in Tsaron Tekun Amurka ya zaba a kira zuwa Polar Prince. Wendy Rush da OceanGate an tilasta musu fuskantar gaskiyar cewa wasu daga cikinsu sun yi zargin tun farko. Karkashin Titan ya gaza kusan sa'o'i uku cikin nutsewar. A karkashin matsin teku mai zurfi, ya fashe, yana murkushe komai a ciki. Sun ruguje a cikin kankanin dakika. Mutanen biyar sun mutu nan take.
"Tunanina na farko shi ne, Alhamdu lillahi," in ji Dawood. "Lokacin da suka ce bala'i, na san Shahzada da Suleman ba su ma san abin da ke faruwa ba. Wani lokaci suna can, sai kuma ba su nan. Sanin cewa ba su sha wahala ba yana da ma'ana sosai. Sun tafi, amma yadda abin ya faru ya sa ya zama mai sauki."
A lokacin ne Dawood ta sami kanta a cikin abin da ta kira "bayan." "Ta wasu hanyoyi, na ji tsoron barin wannan kumfa mai ban mamaki," in ji ta. Karshen begen da ta rike a tsakiyar teku ya tafi, kuma dole ne ta magance bangaren aiki na komawa gida. "Me zan yi da kayansu? Jakunkunansu? Tufafin Shahzada da kayansa suna cikin dakina, don haka na tattara jakarsa. Amma ba zan iya tattara jakar Suleman ba. Ba zan iya ba. Wani ya yi hakan."
Kafin ta sauka daga jirgin a St John's, an gaya mata ta canza kamanni, kuma ta yi nasarar guje wa kyamarori. Iyalin Shahzada sun tashi daga Pakistan don su dawo da ita London. Ta dauki jakar Suleman a cikin jirgin kuma ta tuna yadda take da muhimmanci ga surukarta. "Kawai tana son rungumar jakar," in ji Dawood. "Ta rike ta har tsawon hanya kuma tana ta neman afuwa, tana cewa zan iya mayar da ita. Amma na ce, 'A'a, ki rike ta. Ku ma kun rasa su.'"
Tsawon watanni 18 masu zuwa, Jami'an Tsaron Tekun Amurka sun gudanar da bincike na shari'a game da Stockton Rush da OceanGate. Kuskuren da ke jiran haifar da bala'i sun fito fili, tare da gargadi da yawa da Rush ya yi watsi da su. An shawarci Dawood cewa zai yi wuya ta halarci sauraron karar na jama'a, kuma har yanzu tana kare kanta ta hanyar yin taka tsantsan game da yawan cikakkun bayanai da take koya. Rahoton hukuma ya kammala cewa bala'in ya kasance mai iya hanawa kuma ya faru ne saboda rashin ingantaccen injiniya da gwaji, da kuma halin rashin kulawa na Rush. Idan ya tsira, da ya fuskanci tuhume-tuhume na laifi. An ba da shawarar ka'idoji masu tsauri ga jiragen ruwa na fasinja, amma duk ya yi latti ga Dawood da iyalinta.
"Tun farko, ina da dalilai da yawa na ƙin Stockton, amma hakan yana taimaka mini da gaske?" in ji Dawood. "Ya mutu tare da su. Idan na yi fushi da shi, ina ba shi iko, kuma na ƙi yin hakan. Na tabbata mutane za su ce ni butulci ne, amma idan na fara nazarin kowane ƙaramin abu, ina hakan zai kai ni? Don haka, na zaɓi nawa... ba farin ciki ba, amma... na zaɓi kaina, kowace rana. Idan ban yi ba, da ba zan kasance a nan ba. Da na kashe kaina, tabbas." Dawood ta dakata, sannan ta ci gaba da raɗa. "Yana da wuya sosai. Kasancewa mai ƙarfi ba yana nufin ba ka jin shi ba."
Ta gaya mini cewa akwai kwanaki da harin firgici ya gurgunta ta gaba daya. Lokacin da haske ya yi yawa kuma duk wani sauti ya yi ƙarfi. Komai ya zama gwagwarmaya. Ta ce ko da bayan sa'o'i da yawa na magani mai zurfi, dakin Suleman har yanzu yana yadda ya bar shi, kuma nazarin mijinta ba a taɓa shi ba.
"Na koyi ba da hankali ga baƙin ciki," ta yi huci. "Don haka ina shiga dakin Suleman. Wani lokaci ina samun cat yana barci a kan matashin kansa, kuma ina zaune a kan gado in bar baƙin ciki ya zo. Kuma bayan wani lokaci, zan iya ajiye baƙin ciki har sai lokacin da ya sake yin yawa. Na yi aiki da yawa a kan baƙin cikina ga Suleman, amma yanzu na fara baƙin ciki ga mijina. Mutane kullum suna haɗa su tare a bainar jama'a, amma sun kasance dangantaka daban-daban. Zafi daban-daban guda biyu."
"Ba mu sami gawarwakin ba har tsawon watanni tara," ta kara da cewa. "To, lokacin da na ce gawarwaki, ina nufin slush din da ya rage. Sun zo a cikin ƙananan akwatuna biyu, kamar akwatunan takalma." Slush din, kamar yadda take kiransa, shi ne ragowar da aka kwato daga kasan teku, an raba su a hankali, kuma
