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Duck Boat Capsizes In Table Rock Lake During Storm Killing Over 10 People

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Supporters banned together raising more than a half a million dollars to support a woman who lost her family in a tragic Missouri boat accident last week.
The GoFundMe account was made for Tia Coleman, an Indiana woman who lost nine family members on Thursday when a duck boat capsized during a thunderstorm in Table Rock Lake. Coleman and her family were on vacation in Missouri at the time.Coleman’s sister Letta Bigbee set up the account on Sunday which led to a flow of love offerings for the grieving woman with a goal of a million dollars. To date the account has raised over $655,000.

A total of 17 people were killed in the accident. Out of the 17, Coleman lost her husband, three children and five other family members. Coleman and her nephew survived the horrific accident.

Coleman said the boat’s captain played down the need to wear life jackets–a device she believes may have saved lives.

“I felt like, if I was able to get a life jacket I could have saved my babies because they could have at least floated up to the top and somebody could have grabbed them. And I wasn’t able to do that,” she said in an emotional interview from the Branson Cox Medical Center where she was hospitalized.

An inspector who sat down with CNN on Monday said he warned the Branson Duck Boat company about an important mechanical issue 11 months ago.

“One of the most prominent things I found was the exhaust being in front of the vessel, which — according to Department of Transportation standards — would not pass regulation,” Steven Paul said.

Branson Duck Boat Company promised to pay the victim’s hospital and funeral fees, along with travel accommodations for family members–a small offering which won’t replace the lives lost.

SOURCE: CNN

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GoFundMe Campaign Raises Over $655,000 For Woman Who Lost Family In Tragic Duck Boat Accident  was originally published on hellobeautiful.com