A YOUNG woman shared a tragic video with her boyfriend minutes before plunging to her death from a boat.
Lindsey Partridge, 22, lived like she knew her life would be cut short far too soon, loved ones said.
She was on a romantic Florida getaway with her boyfriend when their boat crashed off of Boca Raton and she fell overboard.
Just hours before Sunday’s devastating news, she sent her best friend Alyson Mallinder Snapchat videos of her and her boyfriend jamming to music and having a blast.
She was seen flashing her trademark smile that her dad, Mallinder and coworkers described as “radiant” and “infectious.”
Mallinder shared the video with The Sun and said in an exclusive interview, “The best way to describe Lindsey is she was young, wild and free.”
Details about what happened are still under investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which didn’t return calls for comment.
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What’s known is the beloved middle child of seven died as her life was taking off.
She was a successful sales consultant at Toyota of Nashua, New Hampshire and recruited as to work in sales for Gucci in New York City.
Lindsey lived with her family in Massachusetts.
“She worked really hard and was successful in everything she did,” her dad Donald Partridge said. “She was fearless and definitely a spitfire. She made everyone feel loved.
“She could’ve just met you, but she made you feel like you’ve been friends for 30 years.”
She wanted everyone to feel so loved that she likely gave her dad Covid.
“Lindsey came over and gave me a hug and kiss and then said, ‘O by the way, I think I have Covid. I need you to take me to the doctor,'” her dad said while laughing at the memory.
She and Mallinder had Covid at the same time and quarantined together, and all Lindsey wanted to do was go rollerblading or go for a hike.
“We were both so sick but she still cooked and cleaned the house,” she said. “Lindsey couldn’t sit still. She was trying to get me to go rollerblading or hiking.
“I was like, ‘We have Covid. I can’t breathe,'” Mallinder said while laughing. “That’s just how she was. She lived every single day to the fullest. She was always planning activities. She never wanted to sit around.”
A random Tuesday after a 13-hour shift can turn into an impromptu family bowling, and that’s nothing compared to holidays and birthdays.
Mallinder and a coworker, who wished to remain anonymous, described her “all-out effort” for Toyota’s Toys for Tots drive last Christmas.
She dressed the managers in “goofy elf costumes” and made cookies and brought presents for her coworkers, maintenance staff, managers and sales people.
Her coworker said, “She’s a huge loss to this world. She was a bright light and always bubbly and happy. She had a great spirit and was a wonderful human being.”
Her dad said she had costumes for every conceivable Halloween event, and then dressed as Elsa from Frozen to surprise her niece at her birthday party.
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“She absolutely loved her family,” her dad said. “She was the substance that kept everyone together. She never let too much time pass before she visited you.
“It’s like she knew and had to make sure every moment counted.”
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