Younger dad and mom to an 18-month-old son and an unborn child lady tragically drowned Saturday whereas vacationing in Hawaii.
Washington residents Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk — who was pregnant with their second youngster — died within the waters off Maui whereas swimming within the tropical paradise, in accordance with the native hearth division and their family members.
Maui firefighters and ocean rescue groups had been referred to as to reply to a report of “swimmers/snorkelers in misery” at Ahihi-Kinau Pure Space Reserve simply after midday, the division mentioned.
The emergency responders discovered Sophia, 26, unresponsive within the water and rushed her to shore the place firefighters administered CPR.
They had been instructed she was together with her husband — who was nowhere to be discovered — and headed again into the ocean to seek for him.
Ilya, 25, was quickly discovered on the backside of the ocean roughly 100 to 150 yards from shore, hearth officers mentioned. He was carried again to land, the place emergency groups started CPR on him as nicely.
However neither Sophia or Ilya started respiration once more. They had been pronounced lifeless on the seashore — with Sophia’s unborn youngster additionally lifeless, the Maui County Hearth Division mentioned.
The couple leaves behind their 18-month-old son Logan who was staying together with his aunt and uncle whereas his dad and mom had been in Maui, in accordance with a GoFundMe marketing campaign created to cowl funeral prices.
The younger dad and mom had been significantly concerned of their church and beloved God, in accordance with the fundraising web page.
“Ilya and Sophia each beloved the Lord and had been at all times serving within the church and serving individuals round them,” Andrey Tupikov wrote within the marketing campaign description in each English and Russian. “Sophia had the voice of an angel, and along with Ilya, they sang in a worship group of their church.”
The GoFundMe had outraised its $100,000 by greater than $6,000, as of Tuesday night. The donations will probably be used to cowl the price of transporting Ilya and Sophia’s our bodies from Hawaii to Washington state, in accordance with its creator.
“We’re blessed to have had each of them in our lives and are left now with the candy reminiscences and moments that we shared along with them. Their serving spirit and heat firm won’t ever be forgotten, and will God assist us all to like and serve each other as Ilya and Sophia served,” Tupikov wrote.
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