ZACHARY, LA. (THECOUNT) — Steven Weber of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim killed while attempting an elaborate underwater marriage proposal while visiting Tanzania.
Kenesha Antoine says, her boyfriend, 39-year-old Weber, died while trying to pull off an underwater marriage proposal at a beach in Tanzania while the Baton Rouge-area couple was vacationing in Tanzania.
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Antoine said in a social media post Friday that the two were vacationing at a cabin that came with a submerged bedroom, including windows looking out into the water.
Video shared by Antoine shows Weber swimming up to the glass with handwritten messages culminating in the proposal. At the end of the video, Weber pulls out a ring as Antoine is heard joyfully exclaiming, “yes!” Weber is seen swimming out of frame, but his girlfriend says he did not make it back to the surface, reports WBRZ.
“Yes, we were, my perfect love, my angel, my soul. Yes, we were, and I will carry the blessing of the love we shared with me forever,” Antoine said in her post. “I will find you and marry you in the next lifetime, and the next, and the next, and the next… I love you so much, and I always will.
The emotional social media post includes the somewhat morbid last moments of Weber’s life.
The Department of State confirmed to WBRZ Friday that a U.S. tourist had died in Tanzania but could offer few other details.
According to social media, Weber was an RA at St. Christopher’s Addiction Wellness Center and a driver at Billy Heroman’s Flowers & Gifts Plantscaping. He was a former RA at The Grove Recovery Center
and a former Music director at 91.1 FM KLSU.
He studied Baton Rouge Community College, Mass Communication and LSU. He attended Delgado Community College
and Culinary Arts at LA Culinary & Hotel.
Geo quick facts: Zachary is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies 16 miles north of the city of Baton Rouge, and had a population of 14,960 at the 2010 census, up from 11,275 in 2000. Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th- and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum.
Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs.
– wikipedia.