OceanGate Titan victims' bodies returned to grieving families as 'slush in shoeboxes'

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The victims of the OceanGate Titan submarine tragedy have had their remains returned to their grieving families as "slush" in "shoeboxes".Christine Dawood's husband Shahzada and 19-year-old son Suleman were killed alongside three other men in the Titan submersible as they attempted to view the wreckage of the Titanic in 2023.Mrs Dawood has now revealed it took nine months after it was confirmed the submersible had catastrophically imploded for her loved ones' bodies to be returned.She told The Guardian: "We didn't get the bodies for nine months.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "Well, when I say bodies, I mean the slush that was left.

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They came in two small boxes, like shoeboxes."The remains, recovered from the seabed, were meticulously separated and DNA tested by the US Coast Guard in order to confirm their identities.She added: "There wasn't much they could find.

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They have a big pile they can't separate, all mixed DNA, and they asked if I wanted some of that, too."But I said no,...

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