Man drowns and dies while proposing to girlfriend under water

In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Kenesha accepted Weber's proposal

kenesha_antoine Kenesha Antoine and Steven Weber | Facebook

An American man drowned after he proposed to his girlfriend underwater while the couple was holidaying in Tanzania. Steven Weber and Kenesha Antoine were staying in Pemba Island, in a wooden cabin with a bedroom submerged in the ocean off the east coast of Africa.

Weber proposed by swimming underwater to one of the bedroom windows. He held up a note in a transparent bag that read, “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! Will you please be my WIFE... Marry me???"

However, what was supposed to be the happiest day of Kenesha's life, turned out to be one of the saddest, when Weber did not emerge from the water. He drowned soon after. Antoine later shared a heartbreaking post on Facebook, "There are no words adequate enough to honour the beautiful soul that is Steven Weber, Jr. You were a bright light to everyone you encountered. You never met a stranger, and you brought so much joy to so many people. You were kind, compassionate, you regularly made me cry with laughter, and you showered me with a love like none I'd ever experienced,” it read.

And in a subsequent post, she wrote, "You 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."

The Manta Resort, where the couple was staying, issued a statement on Saturday confirming the death.