Oh how terrible. I had not seen any local news.
Aw crud. Rode the Duck first and only time last year.
With the canopy I could see how it is hard to get out. And the lifejackets are not on, but above your head.
Stunning.
[Showboat Branson Belle]
Ya turn around on the lake not too far but not too close to that showboat. Usually by that time they’re letting a kid steer. Wonder if too many got to the wrong side or if it was turned at the wrong time with a wave.
Very very sad. This is a part of the country I’ve never been but am curious about. Prayers for their loved ones and those still in hospital.
There were 2 Duck Boats out, and the other made it to shore. Makes me wonder if it was captain experience, or luck.
These ducks are dangerous. It seems every year I hear of one drowning.
This is heartbreaking, especially since they were so close to safety.
I find it unfathomable that apparently most didn’t don life jackets during those long minutes while the boats were flooding out.
They had enough time to run through a ten-point checklist. What other ten things were more important than getting into life jackets? Or have we reached the point that if we can’t save our smartphones we just don’t want to live?
lived in spfld for 13 yrs and remember accidents and debates of closing them. Also had an 80 mph straight line wind blow all the trees down on only our block. My heart is broken for the families and I know the people of the area are all pulling together in prayer and deed.
Beautiful place. Used to fly a Cesna around that place
I, for one, am sick of police types and their try-hard officialese. 'Person of interest,' 'mass casualty incident' etc.
They think it makes them sound intelligent and important. They merely sound callous and silly.
Sara Forhetz
@SaraForhetzNews
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7:20am update: Two more bodies recovered. 13 dead so far. 4 still missing.
Apparently this was not a WW2 DUKW but a more modern copy.
News conference in a minute or so http://www.ky3.com/livestream/
Looking at the television footage, it looks like the captain took the craft out into a driving gale.