he goes, okay, who wants to be the first one? one by one, the seven on the raft are lifted to safety. bob is second to last. the whole side of that raft was completely deflated by the time i got off. so our timing couldn t have been better, then looking over at the captain as that boat continued to sink, he was getting to his last rail. the helicopter has reached its weight limit, and they have to call a second helicopter to rescue captain john ferule. he s forced to wait another ten long minutes clinging to that last rung above water until he dropped the basket right on top of the boat, and john got in. and i ll never forget as the helicopter went by, you could clearly see the silhouette of the boat under water and then, as it just continued to sink into the abyss. so the timing really turned out absolutely perfect in a way. not a moment to spare.
brothers john and bob dubois from mission viejo, california, charter a fishing body for a little adventure. on this overcast day on alaska s cook inlet, the water is providing a bountiful catch for the six tourists on this steel-hulled fishing boat. here s another one coming up. but their luck begins to change from big fish to big trouble. everybody get one of those on, please. turns out the motor located under the deck has malfunctioned and broken apart. its metal pieces ripping a hole in the boat. we were just having fun with the camera back and forth. and that evolved into much more. so i just kept the camera rolling. one of the diesels apparently sheered a shaft and we re taking on water. an electrical problem we lost
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 onboard 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 that the first mate was already jumped off the boat. and he s already swimming for it. oh, my gosh. kevin and ruby don t have time to put on a life jacket. the barge slams into the duck boat, as if swallowing it whole.
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 onboard enjoying the tour from the streets to the river on what is typically a carefree and exciting experience. but on july 7th, 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. the engine overheats and the captain drops anchor at about 55 feet. then the smoke started pouring out of that small
the next morning when we got to athens we saw the rest of it sink on tv. we saw the whole thing. a father and his daughter from france are reported missing and are never found. people were tired. emotions were running high. and it was a long night. a long night and a long couple of days ahead since almost all of their personal belongings, including their passports, are at the bottom of the sea. we realized, we had absolutely no clothes and we couldn t find any place to buy clothes because it was easter weekend. eventually, the cruise line reimburses passengers for their lost items and gives them a voucher for a free cruise that jan has never used. we bought our boat a few months before we went on this cruise ship, and the first thing my husband asked me when we got home was, does this mean i have to sell the boat?