Family and friends are mourning the deaths of a Washington state couple who died while snorkeling on vacation in Hawaii. The couple was found unresponsive by first responders near the north side of Āhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve on Maui.

A Snohomish County couple drowned while snorkeling in Hawaii over the weekend. According to family members on a GoFundMe page.

CPR was performed on both victims, but despite the rescue team's efforts, they were pronounced dead by Emergency Medical Services.

The Seattle couple was retrieved from the ocean by lifeguards, but died. "We know that heaven received and gained the three," a GoFundMe said.

A tragedy in paradise as a young, married couple from Washington state, celebrating their anniversary and the soon-to-be birth of their second child, drown in Maui.

A pregnant mother and her husband from Washington state drowned while snorkeling on their vacation in Hawaii. A GoFundMe page identified the couple as Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk. According to the Maui County Fire Department,

A Washington state couple who traveled to Hawaii for a "babymoon" fatally drowned while snorkeling on the first full day of their trip. Sophia Kovalevich, 26, and Ilya 'Billy' Tsaruk, 25, were on vacation with two other couples,