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Near tragedy a TV dramaFamily’s sea accident on ‘Rescue 911’Bf AUDREY ROSS Staff WitterThe beach at Sandy Cay looked peaceful and inviting as Tom Muha coasted to shore Ina small boat.It was Christmas moramg«nd%t Amupofr*ramMandhbl)4|l planned to spend Chrism** Mr**''UetamiytdHKl,inwAiNlpMtfn the British Virgin Islands.They were in knee-high water when a rogue wave flipped the boat end over end, injuring the family of four and temporarily trapping their daughter underneath the fiberglass hull “It looked like a big wall coming at us, said Tom Muha, a columnist for The Capital and director of Muha Counseling Group, a psychologists office in Annapolis. There wasn’t any warning. We didn’t even see it.”The Annapolis family’s dramatic accident and rescue from the deserted island three years ago will be replayed before a-national audience on “Rescue 911,” a weekly television show on CBS. The program is scheduled to air this spring but no date has been set, a spokesman for the Los Angeles-based show said.The family spent a week filming the re-enactment last month on the same island where they were stranded. The crew also filmed the family’s first reunion with their rescuers.“It just all floods back to you, Mr Muha said. For us, we found it really brought back the feelings.”Mr. Muha’s son, Brian, now 18, was the most seriously injured when the outboard engine came crashing down on his head It hit him behind the ear, leaving a C-shaped gash several inches long. They took turns holding (See RESCUE. Page A14)It looked like a big wall coming at us — There wasn’t any warning. We didn't even see it.”— Tom Muha. t* +* fr•ytNeg* E tawW6w—WWWAt left, a fllm crew from tlw Mcvttlon show ‘Daacua Mi NOHtH ■ 1992 boating accident in the BritWi Virgin !«l and* that tmotvad tfta Muha family ot Aiwupoda. Top photo, Oku and Tom Muha, wttti tiuMf daughter Stapitania at thair homo ovfriookJng Crab Craak. Abova, ttw paopla who roacuod thorn, from iaft, Panny Knowtaa, flrat mata on a chartar boat, and four voluntaar* from Virgin (aland* Saarch and Rt*cua ltd., Brian dandy, Jim Scott, Mika Maatara and Bamay Cook.
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Capital Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Fri, Feb 25, 1994
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