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 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.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -Police have identified the two parents who drowned off Maui on Saturday. The couple has been identified as Ilya Tasruk, 25, and Sophia Kovalevich, 26, of Snohomish, Washington. They were both pulled from the ocean at the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve.

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

Sophia Tsaruk and her husband Ilya were on their first day of their babymoon in Hawaii when the couple decided to go snorkelling off Ahihi-Kinau on Saturday morning

Tragic drowning in Hawaii claims the lives of a couple and their unborn baby. Read the heartbreaking story and the community's reaction.

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

A mother was was pregnant with her second child has died alongside her husband in an apparent snorkelling accident

Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk were snorkeling at Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve on Maui's coastline. She was pregnant with their second child.

A 26-year-old pregnant mother and her 25-year-old husband drowned Sept. 14 while snorkeling in the waters off Maui, leaving behind a toddler, according to authorities and a GoFundMe campaign. Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk were on vacation in Hawaii and had left their 18-month-old,