Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal on Tanzania trip

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater during a “once-in-a-lifetime” trip to Tanzania.

Steven Weber and his girlfriend, Kenesha Antoine, were staying in a luxury submerged cabin at the Manta Resort, off Pemba Island.

Ms Antoine filmed the moment Mr Weber, wearing goggles and flippers, dived under water to ask her to marryy him.

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  Mr Weber under water.

  Ms Antoine wrote on her facebook

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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.

Mr Weber and Ms Antoine had booked four nights at the resort’s underwater room, which lies approximately 250m (820ft) from the shore.

The US Department of State said it is aware of the death of a US citizen in Tanzania, in East Africa.

Source : BBC News