Nupur Gupta has a strange "how we met" story when it comes to her husband, Attila Bosnyak. Not only were they both traveling at the time, but if it wasn't for Attila's quick thinking, Nupur might have died.
It all started with a yoga retreat in Goa, India, that took place in 2019. Nupur practices yoga and was scheduled to lead a two-week retreat. Attila was attending this retreat, although he was working with another instructor at the time.
Typically, in between yoga sessions, Nupur usually took a dip in the ocean, which was typically picture-perfect calm and inviting. Normally, her swims would be short. But this time, she went farther than she usually did, and she failed to realize how strong the current was.
As she started being pulled under by the water, she explained to CNN, she had plenty of thoughts racing through her mind. "I knew somewhere that, 'Okay, if I constantly, and with consistency, keep swimming, I might make it,'" she said. But the fight to stay afloat was tiring her out.
"Then I saw this man coming towards me," she said. That man happened to be Attila, who was attending the retreat from his home in the Netherlands. As he told CNN, he traveled to India for many reasons. But the biggest was the chance to "disconnect from the hustle and work pressure and the Dutch winter."
"He came very close to me, to hold my hand and pull me out, but just about that time I was pulled in by the ocean," Nupur said. Obviously, the situation was quite a scary one. Attila realized that he, alone, might not be able to get Nupur out of the water. So he looked around to see what other resources he could use to save her life.
And that's when he saw a big cluster of rocks. That said, he knew that the rocks could either help or possibly cause additional harm. If the ocean threw him or Nupur onto the rocks, they could have been injured. And at that point, it would have been unlikely for either of them to survive.
Attila's goal was to be climb on the rocks and try to summon a lifeguard who could offer some professional support. "I tried to do it carefully," Attila said, in regard to climbing on the rocks. "But I couldn't really, so two, three, four times I was basically pushed onto the rock by the wave."
While Attila had a plan, Nupur was scared. From her perspective, it looked as if Attila had gotten himself into danger as well. "That's when I panicked," she admitted. Aside from drowning, she had other fears about the danger she was in. "What if the wave just throws me on the rock and I have a head injury or something?" she said.
As Nupur told another outlet, suddenly she realized what Attila was doing once he was actually successful. "A moment later he was on top of the rock waving wildly," she said to The Humans of Amsterdam. "Now I understood that he was trying to warn the coast guard. The coast guard came immediately and rescued me from the water. When I got back to the beach I saw that the guy's whole body was covered with bleeding scrapes from climbing the rock in the strong waves."
After being rescued, she knew she had a connection for life. And she knew she couldn't just leave Attila there after seeing how much he had sacrificed. "I ran straight to the supermarket and got him sanitizer and an ice cream," she said. "From that moment on there was a click. Never before had a man put so much effort into me."
The connection was apparent on both sides. "He postponed his flight to Amsterdam so that we could spend more time together," she said. "We got married a year ago and I moved to Amsterdam. I still get butterflies in my stomach when I think back to our first meeting."
As they told CNN, they still managed to take their time with it. After the ice cream and the chat, they went to their respective rooms. Later in the night, they reconnected after fully taking in what had happened.
Both of them decided to take another week of vacation, which meant that they were able to spend Valentine's Day 2019 together. They were also able to celebrate Nupur's birthday. As they connected, they realized how much they had in common. It was almost like the near-death incident was fate.
"That morning, I remember we had this breakfast together and Attila drove me to the station before he left," Nupur told CNN. "It was a good feeling," she admitted. "You found somebody with a connection and he would just leave that big smile on your face, and that tingling feeling, that butterflies." That feeling is otherwise known as love — or at the very least, deep infatuation.
The two started a long-distance relationship. When Nupur's mother got sick, Attila had no problem traveling to be there by her side. It was yet another sacrifice that Attila made showing his devotion toward Nupur, and it was likely then when she realized how serious her feelings were.
The two of them both made sacrifices to stay close during the rest of their time apart. The couple got married on March 21, 2020, right before many weddings were canceled due to the health crisis. These days, they're stronger than ever. "It really seems like a heaven sent relationship," Attila said. This is just proof that you never know how or when you're going to meet the love of your life. The two make a beautiful couple, and their love is truly inspiring.
