17 dead after duck boat capsizes on Table Rock Lake

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by thebrad84

From my understanding, the boat sank only a 100 yards away from shore and docks. The video going around that shows the boat fighting waves right before it goes under is from a woman seated on the Branson Belle that was docked at the time due to the storm. My guess is the captain was attempting to dock before the storm hit, but got caught up in it right before making it and turned around to fight the winds and waves versus attempting a hard landing at the docks. He likely never imagined the boat would capsize until those last few minutes and was pretty well ****ed at that point. Terrible tragedy all the way around.

I realize everyone's physical abilities are different, so not judging (i guess) - but I find it increasingly disturbing that when tragedies strike, people's first instinct is to pull their phone out and start recording.

Just an observation.

Wonder what people did prior to cell phones?

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

Wonder what people did prior to cell phones?

Pointed and shouted

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

I realize everyone's physical abilities are different, so not judging (i guess) - but I find it increasingly disturbing that when tragedies strike, people's first instinct is to pull their phone out and start recording.



Just an observation.



Wonder what people did prior to cell phones?

Stood around & watched.

It always amazes me how people get upset at people for recording something like this. They were on the Branson Belle with a full crew aboard. Did you want all the passengers to start diving into the water? Talk about tragedy. Multiple the deaths by ten if everyone did that. Have common sense people. This rush to judgment & condemnation of people disgusts me.

[luv]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Stood around & watched.

It always amazes me how people get upset at people for recording something like this. They were on the Branson Belle with a full crew aboard. Did you want all the passengers to start diving into the water? Talk about tragedy. Multiple the deaths by ten if everyone did that. Have common sense people. This rush to judgment & condemnation of people disgusts me.

Agreed. Those with the training to act (captain and crew of the Branson Belle) did act, from what I've read and heard.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by luv

Agreed. Those with the training to act (captain and crew of the Branson Belle) did act, from what I've read and heard.

Here’s a part of the Branson Ducks story you should know:

While the duck boat was capsizing, David Griffin was working a part-time job as a waiter on the Showboat. For 4 years, he performed on the Showboat’s stage, and currently is a star singer with the Clay Cooper Experience in Branson.
Watching the tragedy unfold, David took off his waiter’s apron, called on a fellow employee and JUMPED INTO THE WATER to help.
At 75 MPH, those swells would make it hard to survive, much less swim or help someone else.
David swam to a woman who was face down in the water, and struggling to stay afloat, managed to hold her up for 25 minutes. He had even forgotten to remove his shoes!! The woman did not make it. Before he was lifted by a pontoon boat, David helped move two more people out of the water.
David did not rescue anyone who lived. But the Branson singer and waiter tried!! BTW, only two people from the Branson Bell jumped into the treacherous waters, David and his pal.
Despite how he thought “a half-dozen times” that he, too, was going to die, David made it to shore and the dock of the Branson Belle, in time to console the Duck Captain, who was in a wheelchair.
“You did all you could,” he told him.
I thought it is important that you know what David did yesterday! David’s story should be told.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Stood around & watched.

It always amazes me how people get upset at people for recording something like this. They were on the Branson Belle with a full crew aboard. Did you want all the passengers to start diving into the water? Talk about tragedy. Multiple the deaths by ten if everyone did that. Have common sense people. This rush to judgment & condemnation of people disgusts me.

Yeah, it's just a matter of jumping into rough water, being able to swim to the boat during a storm with 60mph gusts, getting into the boat, instructing everyone to calmly swim to the nearest exit, and grabbing any kids and/or anyone who can't swim, and getting them back to shore. I once saw Jason Bourne do it, piece of cake.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Stood around & watched.

It always amazes me how people get upset at people for recording something like this. They were on the Branson Belle with a full crew aboard. Did you want all the passengers to start diving into the water? Talk about tragedy. Multiple the deaths by ten if everyone did that. Have common sense people. This rush to judgment & condemnation of people disgusts me.

wow....sorry to disgust you. You must get disgusted easily.

Your comment is fair though.

But even if you're going to stand around and do nothing (as you put it).......isnt it, at the very least, a little morbid to film people dying in a tragedy?

It's not like these people are photojournalists working for Time magazine.

Maybe just me.....but I also remember a thread a while back where kids were filming a guy drowning where the theme/comments were similar.