A terrifying photograph shows the moment two Oklahoma college students were potentially drugged at a swim-up bar in Cancun – with one of the young vacationers fearing she ingested fentanyl. 

Zara Hull, her boyfriend, Jake Sinder, and her friend, Kaylie Pitze, were with a group of friends in Cancun for a dream vacation when their trip turned into a nightmare on August 2.

‘We both got water and within two minutes, Jake had turned around and we both hit the bar, heads down at the same time,’ Hull, 20, told CBS News. 

Hull said she experienced convulsions before passing out and becoming ‘basically paralyzed.’

Snider rushed her to the hospital and remained by her side as staff reportedly demanded thousands of dollars for treatment.

Zara Hull and Kaylie Pitze became dangerously sick on their dream vacation to Cancun

‘They had increased the money they wanted. The baseline was $10,000 for them to even look at me,’ Hull said. 

‘They were holding me captive. We’re college students; we don’t have the money they’re asking for.’

Meanwhile, she suffered from seizures throughout the night, and the doctors intubated her.

‘The hospital was NOT treating her, they were pumping her full of so many drugs to keep her sedated,’ Jake’s mother, Stephanie Snider, wrote on Facebook.

‘They intubated her and told Jake it was “sedation for the MRI,” she continued. ‘There was no reason to sedate her, let alone intubate her.’

‘We knew we needed to get her back and to the US.’

But hospital staff demanded even more money to release her, and the air ambulance to bring Hull back to the United States cost $26,000. 

Zara Hull’s boyfriend, Jake Snider, rushed her to the hospital and remained by her side as staff reportedly demanded thousands of dollars

Hull initially could not breathe on her own and was put on a ventilator

A day after ingesting the suspicious beverage, the group secured a private plane to fly them to Dallas, where Hull remains in the hospital as doctors continue to work to determine what may have happened to her. 

She initially could not breathe on her own and was put on a ventilator. 

Doctors say they have not found anything wrong with Hull, even though she has experienced at least 18 convulsions.

They say it is possible that the she was drugged. 

‘We think it was possibly synthetic fentanyl,’ Hull told KFOR. 

She will require physical therapy to learn how to walk again.

Kaylie did not end up in the hospital, but had a tough 24 hours after she was possibly drugged. 

‘It’s been three days now and she still doesn’t feel back to herself,’ Stephanie Snider said.

Hull says she now worries that she will never get better

Pitze had a tough 24 hours after she was possibly drugged in Cancun

‘Neither of the girls have any memory of what happened after they took that last drink, which happened to have been a glass of WATER.’

The college students have declined to reveal the names of their hotel or hospital, fearing for their safety. 

The families have started several GoFundMe pages to ask for help covering the students’ medical costs. 

Since returning to the U.S., Hull has made some progress, her family said.

On Sunday, she was able to start breathing on her own and was taken off a ventilator, a family friend wrote in the online fundraiser for her medical expenses.

The two Oklahoma college students were on a trip with their boyfriends

‘She is awake and able to communicate with family and her health care team,’ the update said.

Then on Monday night, her family friend said she was able to get out of bed, and with help she was able to walk to the bathroom.

Hull has since been moved out of the intensive care unit and is now in a neurology unit out of precaution.

Still, she says she is struggling – even as her friends came to visit her in the hospital.

‘It’s so scary because there’s times I am like, ‘Am I going to make it out of this?’ she said.

DALLAS – Several college students from Oklahoma are back in the United States after two girls in their group were possibly drugged at a resort in Cancun, Mexico. One of the girls spoke from her hospital bed in Dallas, where she is recovering.

Zara Hull and Jake Snider, along with friends, traveled to Cancun last Thursday. 

“We just had a pool day,” said Hull. 

The vacation turned into a nightmare after Hull and her friend Kaylie visited the pool bar. 

“We both got water and within two minutes, Jake had turned around and we both hit the bar, heads down at the same time,” Hull said. 

They believe the water was drugged. Hull experienced severe symptoms, including convulsions, and was rushed to a private hospital in Mexico. 

“Basically, it was just me and Zara in this hospital that had hundreds of rooms,” said Snider, Hull’s boyfriend. 

“All the locks are on the outside of the room so they can lock you in,” Hull said. 

Snider never left Hull’s side.

The hospital demanded tens of thousands of dollars for her care. 

“They had increased the money they wanted. The baseline was $10,000 for them to even look at me,” Hull said. “They were holding me captive. We’re college students; we don’t have the money they’re asking for.”

Thirty hours later, they secured a private plane to Dallas, where Hull has been hospitalized since Saturday. 

“When we got here, I could not breathe on my own. They would try to get me off the ventilator, and every time my lungs would just stop,” Hull said. 

She has had at least 18 convulsions, but doctors have not found anything wrong. They say it is possible she was drugged.

Hull is on the road to recovery but will require physical therapy to learn how to walk again. The students’ families have not disclosed the name of the resort or hospital in Mexico out of fear for their safety. 

“There’s no telling, and that could put our entire families in jeopardy,” Hull said. 

They hope their story serves as a warning for others. 

“We’re not going to leave the United States ever again,” Hull said. “They say the resort is the safest place; don’t leave it. That’s not true.”

The families are asking for donations to help pay for Hull’s mounting medical bills, which total in the tens of thousands of dollars.

An Oklahoma local business is donating lifetime fishing and hunting licenses for any disabled Oklahoma Veteran, according to officials.

The owner of Wade’s RV Supercenter is partnering with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to pay for lifetime fishing and hunting licenses for any disabled Oklahoma veteran.

Wade Reeves has recreational vehicle dealerships in Oklahoma and Missouri, and owner Wade Reeves said he is passionate about supporting veterans because his father, sisters and son have all served in the military.

Reeves said he has formed relationships with many veterans over the years through his business and sees this initiative as his way of giving back.

“They come in, you can spot them, you know they’ve got their cap on that says veteran and what branch that they’re from,” Reeves said, “The first thing I do is I like to go up to them and just shake their hand and thank them for their service. From then it just creates a relationship, and from that relationship I just would like to give back to those guys to be able to go out and enjoy themselves.”

Wade’s RV has events throughout August to sign up vets interested in the licenses.