died. it did take time to get him recovered and back to a safe location. unfortunately, he had succumbed to his injuries. reporter: officials say some taller people were able to walk to safety on their own, with first responders rescuing 16 others. 11 people total taken to area hospitals for minor injuries, the worst of which we believe is a broken arm and a possible head injury. the mayor of lock port says the attraction has operated for decades without incident. tonight the operator has not responded to nbc s request for comment, as authorities tell us no one on board was wearing a life vest. weren t wearing life vests? hard to say. we still don t know what capsized the boat. and even with a life jacket on, if the boat flipped in a certain way, somebody still could have been trapped under there. reporter: questions unanswered after a day of exploration gone wrong. jesse kirsch, nbc news. we re following potentially severe weather tonight with 27 million people at risk
children they are looking at here because swimming deaths drowning deaths can be quick and silent spray they can happen when no one expects them. arthel: thought about going into the ocean or the local lakes. should kids stay close to the shoreline? always under supervision any tips there? there s going to be really bad weather, bad tides lots of ways and it s advised you don t go out, don t go out. but for kids especially in the age of five and 14 there are a lot of drowning deaths for them pretty want to make sure the kids are experienced swimmers. that they are wearing life vests they do not go out further than where they can stand and definitely, definitely you want supervision. there are all kinds of things you want to try to avoid further could be rocks under the water. there could even of course be sharks out yes, stay close to the shoreline and follow all advisors and understand drowning deaths do occur in natural waters as well.
We've gotten our first true taste of warm weather for the year, and that has some dusting off the fishing gear, inflating the raft, or breaking out the paddle board, but waters are dangerously cold
We've received our first true taste of warm weather for the year, and that has some dusting off the fishing gear, inflating the raft, or thinking about breaking out the paddle board.