we re all going to get in that. we got everything. get through here. it s like whitewater rafting. one leg over the side, one leg in. that way everybody should fit. all right. all right. everyone should fit, but it s going to be a tight squeeze. as the passengers and crew gently get into the raft, no one knows if the distress call got through. and now that they re in the raft, cell phone service is gone for good. now i got no service on it. john, do you think we got through enough? don t make any rapid movements. there s some water coming in. there s some water coming in. john, if you can, why don t you bring something just in case we need to bail this thing out. they re talking about bringing a pump in case water breaches the rubber raft. good thinking because, sure enough, the castaways almost immediately notice a hole. yeah, there is. that feels like there s a hole? yeah. but it feels like we had the
family results in a $17 million settlement. for kevin, that day in july changed his outlook on life forever. oh, my gosh. it was it was kind of like a second chance on life. really, in a way. i mean, it s something i think about every day. but yeah, i certainly feel lucky to be alive, and i m more lucky that my daughter s alive. coming up a fishing trip brings big fish and even bigger problems. a hole in the boat. look out, you guys. rocking the boat, please, don t rock this! there are lots of ways to save money. here s one way. esurance. they were born online and built to save. they major in efficiency which means when they save, you save. they have smart online tools that help you find the right coverage. so you only pay for what s
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! fruitless efforts are made to contact the operator of the tugboat towing this empty steel barge riding high in the water. i couldn t believe that we were about to die. i couldn t believe it was happening. it just didn t seem any way possible to survive something as tall as a three-story building just mowing us over out on the middle of a river. only a few minutes go by before kevin, his daughter, ruby, and everyone else on board realize the inevitable. we started grabbing for life preservers and such chaos on there. and, you know, my poor little daughter didn t have any idea what to do. so i did as best i could to get us to where we could at least have a chance. and i look up and i see the first mate already jumped off the boat, and he s already swimming for it. i m like, oh, my gosh. kevin and ruby don t have time to put on a life jacket.
to see the city from a different vantage point get on board the ride the ducks duck boat. tourists, like kevin grace and his 9-year-old daughter, ruby. my daughter and i were taking a daughter/daddy trip, and part of the trip brought us through philadelphia. they decide to take a ride on the duck boat. it was a novel experience for both of us. are you having a good time, gang? this commercial for ride the ducks shows everyone on board enjoying the tour from the streets to the river on what is typically a carefree and exciting experience. but on july 7, 2010, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, this footage shows the duck boat sitting in the delaware river in the middle of an active shipping channel after problems with the boat s engine. the smell i was smelling when we first got in the river was kind of getting stronger.
yet. and just as i was beginning to start to panic i guess i was already panicking but where is she? where is she? and then she popped up. they swim for their lives. i was very, very proud of her. god, what a great kid. she swam very confidently. she didn t need me there at that point. this is freedom. we got people in the water. looks like they got run over by a barge, one of the duck boats. i m going in to pick them up. the crash claims the lives of two hungarian students, szabolcs prem and dora schwendtner. but somehow 35 people are pulled to safety. many need medical attention, including ruby, who suffers from shock. in philadelphia, the mayor holds a press conference.