A couple from Bowie, Maryland, were among the more than 1,300 people who died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia due to extreme heat. The couple, who had saved their entire lives to embark on this pilgrimage, were killed as temperatures soared over 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Their heartbroken daughter revealed the tragic details of their trip, which they had been looking forward to for years. The couple were residents of Prince George's County.
“They had been looking forward to it all their lives.” A husband and wife from Bowie, Maryland, were among the dead on the pilgrimage to Mecca as temperatures soared over 120 degrees. https://t.co/xq1ArJnYyR
FOX 5 learned over the weekend, a Bowie, Maryland couple who left earlier this month to embark on an Islamic pilgrimage died due to the extreme heat, according to the couple’s daughter. https://t.co/reaadMOnqk
Maryland couple among more than 1,300 pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia heat https://t.co/DnL5ox0oF3 https://t.co/LSBNwUx4vK
More than a thousand people have died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, including a couple from Bowie. https://t.co/A6ZamBA8AB
Maryland couple among hundreds who died pilgrimage to Mecca https://t.co/pF0KEnlHGE
Maryland couple dies during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia extreme heat - as their heartbroken daughter reveals horror details from their trip of a lifetime https://t.co/pQdFmnBd1Z https://t.co/lXqNfRUXeD
A Maryland couple was among the more than 1,300 people who died during extreme heat at the Hajj pilgrimage in the Middle East. https://t.co/ZGySh7uVUy
Prince George's Co. parents 'saved their entire lives to embark' on a pilgrimage to Mecca. They were among hundreds killed by extreme heat https://t.co/AnSRCjkCrE