The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says one of its agents was driving Gov. Ron DeSantis' vehicle in a motorcade when it was involved in a multi-car accident in Tennessee.
Far from demanding that his dad spend a quarter mil on it, there were multiple news reports at the time from the boy’s aunt - his father’s sister - that said the kid was terrified and didn’t want to go but the father pressured the rest of the family to allow it.
EDITED to add that Wikipedia tells a different story, that Suleman Dawood’s dad bought the ticket for his wife but she didn’t want it, which is how Suleman got it, and he was excited to go. Still looking for those initial reports, but here’s the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahzada_Dawood#Titan_expedition_and_death
Far from demanding that his dad spend a quarter mil on it, there were multiple news reports at the time from the boy’s aunt - his father’s sister - that said the kid was terrified and didn’t want to go but the father pressured the rest of the family to allow it.
EDITED to add that Wikipedia tells a different story, that Suleman Dawood’s dad bought the ticket for his wife but she didn’t want it, which is how Suleman got it, and he was excited to go. Still looking for those initial reports, but here’s the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahzada_Dawood#Titan_expedition_and_death