The TERRIFYING Last Minutes of Parasailing Mom

The crystal blue waters of the Florida Keys promised a dream vacation for the Alaparthi family.Show more

The sweltering May sun beat down on a beautiful Memorial Day as the Alaparthi family boarded a parasail boat, buzzing with excitement. 33-year-old Supraja clasped her 10-year-old son Sriakshith's hand tightly, while her nephew Vishant, 9, bounced eagerly beside them. They fastened snug harnesses as the boat rumbled from the dock, ready for a thrill-filled ride above the shimmering blue waters. Supraja waved down at her beaming husband Srinivas, who watched from the deck as the tow line swept his wife and children skyward. Laughing faces and bright parasail soon faded into the blinding sunlight as they glided weightlessly through the air.

But within minutes, dark clouds crept across the horizon, casting shadows over the vacationers drifting high above the now-churning waves. Buffeted by strengthening winds, their parasail strained and bucked as the captain fought the controls. Far below on the deck, Srinivas grew uneasy, squinting up helplessly as his family jerked about in the increasingly turbulent skies. Supraja clung desperately to the boys in her arms as ominous gusts snapped the billowing canopy violently. He could never have imagined the nightmarish turn their family getaway was about to take. Nor the anguished aftermath that would forever change his life as a husband and father.

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