An American man has drowned after proposing underwater to his girlfriend in Tanzania.
Steven Weber Jr and his girlfriend Kenesha Antoine were on holidays on Pembla Island and staying in a submerged cabin when Mr Weber popped the question on Thursday.
Ms Antoine posted a video on Facebook showing the moment Mr Weber, a Louisiana resident, swam up to the bedroom and held up a handwritten note to the window.
"I can't hold my breath long enough to tell you everything I love about you. But everything I love about you I love more every day!" it read.
Steven Weber Jr proposing to his girlfriend. Source: Facebook
He then flips the page over to reveal the question: “Will you please be my wife? Marry me??” and pulls out a box with an engagement ring inside.
It would be the last time Ms Antoine would see him alive.
She wrote on Facebook that Mr Weber "never emerged from those depths".
“So you never got to hear my answer, “Yes! Yes! A million times, yes, I will marry you!!”
“We never got to embrace and celebrate the beginning of the rest of our lives together, as the best day of our lives turned into the worst, in the cruellest twist of fate imaginable.”
“I will try to take solace in the fact that we enjoyed the most amazing bucket list experiences these past few days, and that we both were so happy and absolutely giddy with excitement in our final moments together.”
“I know that wherever in the universe Steven’s spirit now resides, that is exactly what he’s doing: giving love and spreading joy and laughter. “
“And knowing him, always quick with an off-color joke, he’s probably entertaining someone with a story about how he royally screwed up that proposal and died while being extra.”
Kenesha Antoine and Steven Weber Jr. Source: Facebook
The Manta Resort told the BBC Mr Weber "tragically drowned while free diving alone outside the underwater room" on Thursday afternoon.
"It is with the deepest regret that we inform that a fatal accident occurred at The Manta Resort on Thursday 19 September, 2019," the resort said in a statement.
The US Department of State said it is also aware of the death of a US citizen in Tanzania.
"We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss," a spokesperson said.
The couple had been holidaying in Tanzania. Source: Facebook
"We stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance."
