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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

21 Jul 2018

Page 37

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 2018

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37

Branson Duck Boat Sinking Kills Many During Storm

The half-bus duck boat capsized on Table Rock Lake in Missouri as a severe thunderstorm hit. Seventeen bodies recovered by Friday night, including nine members of a single family, with the captain surviving and the driver killed. Authorities and Ripley Entertainment mourn the loss while weather officials note warnings were issued hours earlier.

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Branson Karen Best Robert “Bob” Williams Missouri Table Rock Table Rock Lake Stone County Doug Rader Rader Jim Pattison Jr Ripley Entertainment Pattison Suzanne Smagala National Weather Service Weather Service Marshall Shepherd American Meteorological Society University of Georgia
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Branson duck boat tragedy survivor accounts unfold

Trent Behr and Allison Lester witnessed Table Rock Lake disaster as two docked boats struggled. Seventeen people died and others were injured when the Showboat Branson Belle remained docked and a duck boat capsized. They helped pull a pregnant woman from the water before medics arrived, uncertain of her fate, while describing shock and fear at the scene.

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Lake Hamilton Hot Springs Ark NTSB Ride the Ducks Aurora Bridge Seattle Ride the Ducks International LLC Seattle Times Philadelphia Branson Trent Behr Allison Lester Table Rock Lake Lester Behr Sioux City Iowa
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