The young couple drowned while snorkeling in Maui, leaving their 18-month-old son - who was staying with his aunt and uncle at the time - orphaned.

A pregnant mother and her husband have drowned while on vacation in Hawaii, leaving their 18-month-old son orphaned.

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

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

Maui firefighters and ocean safety personnel responded to the report of swimmers/snorkelers in distress in the area along the north side of Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve,”

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,

A husband and his wife, who was pregnant with their second child, tragically died last weekend while snorkeling in Hawaii. “Maui firefighters and ocean safety personnel responded to the report of swimmers/snorkelers in distress in the area along the north side of Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve,