John Lynette Rodgers

A tragic report reaching this moment is one of a couple who went on their honeymoon and lost their lives during the time they were suppose to be having the time of their lives.

Just barely a week after exchanging their wedding vows. Lynette 26 and John Rodgers, 28 drowned on Friday after getting caught in a rip tide while swimming at Plettenberg Bay.

Daily Mirror reports that members of the National Sea Rescue Initiative attempted to resuscitate the couple after they were discovered washed up on the beach, but they were declared dead by a NSRI team doctor.

Lynette, 26, an NHS physiotherapist, from Hollywood, Co Down, was swimming with her husband John, 28, from Ballygowan, Co Antrim, when tragedy struck on Robberg Beach.

The couple got caught in a rip tide while they were swimming at Plett Bay.They were both healthy, both decent swimmers and both very physically fit but the tide was just too much for them.

Lynette and John Rodgers

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