A pregnant mother and her husband reportedly drowned while vacationing in Hawaii, leaving their 18-month-old son an orphan.
Ilya Tsaruk, 25, and Sophia Tsaruk, 26, from Snohomish, near Seattle, apparently drowned after swimming and snorkeling Saturday off the coast of Maui's Ahihi Kinau Wilderness, the Maui County Fire and Public Safety Department told Fox News Digital.
Maui Fire Department received a call reporting a swimmer/snorkeler in distress and rescue crews arrived on scene around noon.
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Pictured are Ilya Tsaruk, 25, and Sofia Tsaruk, 26, and their son. The couple reportedly drowned while vacationing in Hawaii. (Instagram/Andreytupikov916)
Rescuers first found the pregnant mother unresponsive in the water about 100-150 yards from shore and pulled her out, then reentered the water and found her husband on the ocean floor.
CPR was administered to both victims, but rescue efforts were unsuccessful.
The parents were confirmed dead on site.
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The fire department said surf conditions that day were “mostly calm.”
According to the family's fundraising page, Sophia was pregnant with a baby girl and the young parents left behind an 18-month-old son, who had been living with his aunt and uncle during the tragic deaths of his parents.
An aerial view of Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, where the Tsaruk family died while vacationing on the island. (Andre Thiele/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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“Both Ilya and Sophia loved the Lord and were always serving in the church and serving those around them,” fundraiser organizer Andrey Tupikov wrote. “Sophia had an angelic voice and sang in the church worship group together with Ilya.”
