A father and son’s vacation in Southeast Asia ended tragically last month when they were fatally attacked by a swarm of giant hornets during a ziplining excursion in northern Laos.

Daniel Owen, 47, originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and his 15-year-old son, Cooper, were ziplining at Green Jungle Park, a popular adventure resort near Luang Prabang, when their group disturbed a nest of Asian giant hornets. They’re the largest hornets in the world, and the ones you may be more colloquially familiar with by their nickname “murder hornets.”

On October 15, the so-called murder hornets swarmed the father and son as they descended from a tree, stinging them more than 100 times. The two were rushed to the Phakan Arocavet Clinic, but the facility’s limited equipment meant they had to be quickly t

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