The family of an Indiana mom who was killed while parasailing on vacation in the Florida Keys is suing the boating company for wrongful death and personal injury claims.

Supraja Alaparthi, 33, was with 10 other family members including her six-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son when they went out with a local boating company for a parasailing excursion in​​Marathon, Florida, last month.

Once the family was out on the water, Alaparthi went up on the parasail with her 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew. Shortly after the parasail was raised, worsening weather conditions caused the parasail to “peg,” a term used to describe what happens when a parasail is no longer controlled by the vessel pulling it but rather by the wind. As a result of the pegging, the increasing storm winds caused the parasail to drag the boat, which threatened the lives of those on board. As a result, the captain felt it was necessary to cut the parasail line.

During a press conference the family attorney, Michael Haggard, shared that the family had raised concerns about the weather and told the captain that they could come back the following day to parasail if the weather was not going to cooperate. The family details that the captain assured the family that a parasailing excursion would be okay.

In photos taken the moments just before and during the fatal flight, dark storm clouds can be seen collecting in the sky. Haggard explained, “We have talked to five other vessels throughout Marathon that came in early that day because of the horrific winds and weather that was coming in through the Middle Keys that day.”

Under Florida’s statute on commercial parasailing, operators are prohibited from performing flights if the observed weather conditions include a sustained wind speed over 20 MPH; if wind gusts are 15 MPH or higher than the sustained wind speed; if the wind speed during gusts exceeds 25 miles per hour; if rain or heavy fog results in reduced visibility of less than a half-mile; or if a known lightning storm comes within seven miles of the parasailing area.

According to the family’s lawyers, the parasailing company was negligent in violating these standards. Instead, the captain “did the one thing you are not supposed to do.”

The family's lawyers explained that the captain and the first mate knew that a storm was coming but that they did not do anything to save the lives of the victims. Haggard explained, “They saw them screaming, saw them yelling for help as the wind gusted in and took them away from the boat. The captain did nothing. They asked to borrow passengers' life jackets, indicating that possibly they did not have enough life jackets. They were on cell phones versus a radio that is required.”

After the parasail was cut, Alaparthi, her son, and her nephew were dragged across the ocean before they collided with a nearby bridge. As a result of the impact, Alaparthi was declared dead on the scene while her son and nephew sustained injuries. A nearby fishing boat captain who witnessed the horrific scene helped pull the mother and two boys onto his boat and rush them to the hospital.

The captain of the boat has been identified as 49-year-old Daniel Couch. Couch works for Lighthouse Parasail Inc., a parasailing company located in Marathon, Florida. In addition to the lawsuit against the parasailing company, the family's lawyers add that they will also file a lawsuit against Captain Pip’s Marina, the marina out of which the parasailing company operated.