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3 Children Killed After Yacht Capsizes
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Accident off Long Island
- Duration 1:50
- Date Jul 5, 2012
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Schwab that sure is good morning to you and good morning everyone we heard reports all throughout the morning that there were children on board this vessel.
And unfortunately our worst fears have been confirmed by police this morning they tell us that a twelve year old boy.
An eleven year old girl and an eight year old girl all died aboard that vessel when it capsized we're talking about eight.
34 foot boat that capsized shortly after 10 o'clock last night with 27 people on board.
Point four people did manage to survive.
But these three victims unfortunately.
Were recovered in -- -- of this vote this was a very difficult recovery effort this -- was.
Shifting constantly and so that made things very tough for divers as they.
Moved -- through this recovery effort as we speak right now.
The boat is now sitting in sixty to seventy feet of water police are hoping at some point to bring it to the surface unclear exactly.
When that is going to happen the boat had been -- the water watching -- fireworks show last night and now police are investigating what exactly caused that.
To capsize.
We are currently researching.
The was this boat -- we -- looking at several.
Avenue is one of which would be overcrowding on the boat.
There was 27 people on this boat that was a combination of adults and children.
Three of those 27 people the children.
Are deceased they are 1211 -- eight years old.
And that is the most tragic part of this story three children now confirmed dead.
And that capsized boat we should also know we learned from police this morning that at this stage.
Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor but again the investigation.
Into what caused this boat to capsize.
Is just beginning.
