A 39-year-old Oregon father suffered a fatal heart attack as he sat next to his wife during a flight home from a birthday trip in South America — and his family is pleading for help in getting his body returned to the US.

Andres Castro “suddenly stopped breathing” during his return flight from Bolivia on Monday, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing in Colombia, his brother, Teo Ramirez, wrote on GoFundMe .

Emergency crews rushed the dad of one to a hospital, where it was too late and he was pronounced dead. 5

Castro leaves behind his wife, Suanny, son AJ, siblings and parents, the family shared.

“This is not a grief we ever imagined facing so soon,” the heartbroken brother said.

Castro and his wife were in the South American nation, celebrating each other’s birthdays

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