I watched them die before my very eyes.. they had the same symptoms

THE daughter of tragic British tourists John and Susan Cooper told how the couple went to bed perfectly healthy before they woke up sick the next day and died in front of her.

Kelly Ormerod yesterday angrily dismissed claims by officials their deaths were due to natural causes and has demanded a full investigation.

John, 69, and Susan, 63, died within hours of each other while on holiday at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in Hurghada, Egypt, with Thomas Cook.

Other guests have reported sickness and one man claimed his wife contracted typhoid there earlier this year.

As hundreds of holidaymakers were evacuated from the hotel yesterday over health fears, Kelly, 40, said: “I believe something suspicious has gone on ... something has happened in that room and caused them to be taken from us.

“They had no illness, no stomach upset, no vomiting, no illness whatsoever. They were in perfect health when they went to bed.

“When we woke up, my mum hadn’t come down to sit on the sunbeds so I went to knock on the door and saw that they were both very unwell.

“It was about 11am when I went to the bedroom. They said they were extremely ill and needed help. I watched them die before my very eyes and they had exactly the same symptoms.

“Doctors came to the room and they couldn’t save dad. They just couldn’t help and he died before my eyes. I got an ambulance with mum to hospital and while she was in hospital she died.”

Kelly was on holiday with her parents and her three children at Hurghada. It is one of the most popular beach resorts in Egypt, a country that attracted around 320,000 British holidaymakers last year.

Thomas Cook has dismissed claims John and Susan may have been victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. The firm