NEW YORK: A newlywed Pakistani-American couple drowned on their honeymoon in the Caribbean just four days after they got married in East Meadow on Long Island, a suburb of New York City.
Muhammad Malik, 35, a Manhattan attorney, and his 29-year-old wife, Dr Noor Shah, a surgeon in the metropolis, died on October 28 while honeymooning at a Turks and Caicos Islands resort in the Bahamas.
The couple had been swimming in chest-deep waters near Como Parrot Cay when they were suddenly pulled underwater by a strong riptide.
Witnesses were able to pull the couple from the water and performed CPR but both died at the scene, according to the groom’s father, Col (retd) Maqbool Malik, a well-known figure in the Pakistani-American community.
Maqbool Malik the father of the deceased man said, “Noor and Mohammed together were just magnetic and brought happiness to everyone around them”.
“Their energy was infectious and beautiful and they were beautiful and glowing. While we’re sad they’re not with us anymore, we’re glad that they’re together and were together in their final moments,” he added.
The grieving father said his son and daughter-in-law had great chemistry with each other and loved each other. It was a love story that ended very fast,” he added.
