There was tragedy in the New York City as newlyweds; Mohammad Malik and Noor Shah drowned while swimming during their honeymoon, four days after the wedding.
What started off as a beautiful journey with family and friends for a New York City couple has ended in tears for their family and friends.
Mohammad Malik and Noor Shah said I do in a colourful traditional wedding but their lives were cut short during their honeymoon in Turks and Caicos.
According to People, the love birds who tied the knot on October 24, breathed their last on October 28, after they drowned while swimming during their honeymoon.
The groom’s father, Maqbool Malik, said the newlyweds were swimming in the deep waters when a rip current pulled them out near Como Parrot Cay.
Maqbool disclosed that the couple was pulled from the water by witnesses who performed CPR, but they died at the scene.
“It is a devastating loss. This is a shock beyond belief. It is a tragedy of different dimensions when you have to lay two children to rest in a joint funeral,” reported the People.
The 35-year-old groom was a corporate lawyer at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York City while the 29-year-old bride worked as a surgical resident at NYU Langone Health.
According to reports, the couple hoped to one day opens a hospital in Pakistan.
Malik’s brother Salman said that it did not sound real and they are still getting to terms with the loss of their loved ones.
The groom’s brother Ahmad told the publications that his brother and his wife were everything he ever wanted to be in life.
“They died together, that is the bottom line. They were the world to each other. One could not live without the other,” said Salman.