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Investigators looking at how 20 active retirees died in boat accident
As investigators were trying to find out why a tour boat capsized on a New York lake, the 20 tourists who died in the incident were widely characterized as active retirees who had not let their age slow them down.
The incident occurred on a perfect sailing day on Lake George.
All of the 47 passengers, seven of whom were admitted to hospitals, were from Michigan.
State regulators said the boat did not have the required number of crew members on board. The tour operator’s 15 vessels were grounded.
State authorities said initially it appeared that the boat only had one crewman, Captain Carl Richard Parks.
The boat, called the Ethan Allen, was operated by Shoreline Cruises.
The boat’s captain said it was hit by waves from either one or more vessels as he tried to steer clear.
The boat flipped over so quickly none of the 47 passengers had time to put on a life jacket.
“The boat was sideways in the water, and people were screaming,” Joanne Rahal, who was in another boat, told Canada.comNews.
“”We were just cruising along, and all of a sudden the boat tipped. We thought it was some kind of a joke. Next thing I knew, I was in the water under the boat,” passengers Ann Mae Hawley told the Glens Falls Post-Star.
Report by David Wilkening
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