NO COMMON SENSE! That driver is a danger to everyone! Did y’all see how loaded his boat was and backing the BLADES to people?! Someone beat the hell out of person driving please.
Too late as he already caused extensive suffering. Prosecutors need to slap him with a criminal action, a jury needs to convict him and his fellow inmates should give him a warm prison welcome deserving of his notoriety.
I don't know how in other countries the regulations are, but in mine, anyone that has a driving license can rent a boat. I always thought this is dangerous...
The boat in question had a nothing to do with people in the water and was a safe distance from swimmers. The boat had a malfunction and traveled in reverse to the crowd. Your advise is solid just not the case here
@@markgraves9429 "Had a malfunction?" There are many ways of dealing with a malfunction. Stuck in gear? reduce throttle turn off the key. Stuck throttle? Turn off the key. Can't do either? tilt the motor/ outdrive. My fucking God. You don't stand there and throw up your hands and squeal "malfunction, MALFUNCTION" in your girly voice!!!!
@@markgraves9429 The malfunction was that the anchor was not working. As it got closer to their boat the captain turned on the engine, sucking the ladies, who were on a raft attached to their own boat and right beside it, into the other boats propeller. This was avoidable, the captain was at fault!
Why Americans love so much putting people on prison 🤔. It already done and it’s a F accident. The guy is probably feeling terrible already. To young to enjoy caging humans.
My grandpa would agree. We ain’t been fishing on the boat in years cause it’s either a busy time in the summer, it’s 90 degrees at 8am😂 or the lake is 15-20 foot below average. It’s not a good investment to own a boat anymore. Sucks.
@@markkulyas2418 - I had a boat for half my life. Best toy I ever bought myself and I hope to buy another one day. And I loved working on it. But I had a real boat (among other things, my boat's bridge and cabin weren't covered in fur. Fur, on a boat? Are people crazy?) I can't imagine owning most of the junk they call boats these days. Nor would I enjoy working on them.
We boaters have been complaining about these illegal charters to the Coast Guard and the Chicago Harbor Management for years. As usual, nobody cares or does ANYTHING until somebody gets hurt or killed. It's disgusting and they have blood on their hands
@@toordog1753 Alcohol + Operating Boat = Illegal / AND The Boats Park Just Outside Of Beach / Very Many Boat + Small Crowded Area + Many People At Beach = 🧠 Say Bad Idea I Try 2 Make Easy 2 Understand 4 U
Listen I’m not even a boat guy. I have actually piloted a small cabin cruiser a few times here in there in Lake Ozark Missouri. But the one thing I know is when there’s any kind of a catastrophic thing going you don’t just put the thing in neutral you also shut off the engine! For fucks sake use some common sense!
Years ago when I was an avid boater, if anyone was in the water anywhere near the boat the engine was shut down. Especially in the party hang out areas where some people had no clue that a spinning propeller was only feet away yet they swim right up to the stern to hang out.
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 Yes. It's critical that boat drivers stay sober and alert, especially as they're likely to be surrounded by people who are focused on enjoying themselves.
So many just drink and boat... no difference between drinking and driving, simply seems allowed. Thank God they had a grown, intelligent man here, along w/his other companion, who were able to help people out.
@@mariopalos9238 I agree. If there is serious bodily injury making news headlines obviously there will be some accountability but time will tell if authorities continue the blind eye towards boating while drinking
Here’s my one question if he knew he was in trouble and there was the key in the ignition couldn’t he just turn off the boat and slowly coast backwards that’s what would made much better sense. That way maybe all this could’ve been avoided.
You guys might not believe me but my dad, grandpa and uncle actually all saw this happen! They said it was awful. They were out boating and all the sudden it was a catastrophe. My dad says he was the one who called the coast guard for help, they’re still talking to him and the others because they’re all witnesses
Yep.. I'm gonna be "That Guy".. Nope.. Sorry.. I don't believe you... Just kidding.. I hope those people who were injured recover, and the idiot Captain never operates a boat again..
Nobody’s in custody ??? Whatttt? Was the driver a drunk person or a child? It has to be one or the other because most ppl know better. I smell a lawsuit too. SMFH.
People have the money to buy a nice boat but fail to educate them selves on how to properly operate it safely and here we are. Sorry to hear about the injuries geez! This seems to be happening too often
The person driving the boat... should be charged & arrested.....a innocent girl has lost her leg and others have severe injuries because the driver of the boat did not know what he /she was doing!!!! They should be held accountable and charged this is horrific..... some people do not know what they're doing behind the wheel of a boat. They act stupid they don't know how the Boat Works, they drink too much alcohol.... it's all disastrous... the world has gone bonkers. Prayers for those injured that they heal emotionally physically and spiritually.
Once again why couldn’t he just turn the ignition off and turn the engine off if he knew he was in some type of trouble that would’ve been the most logical thing to do obvious really hope everyone’s OK though
Yeaaaah something don’t make sense here. I’m assuming there’s foul play. I’ve never heard of anything like this and I’ve been around boats since a kid. My last name even relates to boat 😂
I was 15yrs old and learning how to water ski, my uncle had a house on the lake with all the toys. I just did a run and a bunch of my cousins grabbed the tow line, dragging along. My cousin hit the throttle, the torque turned the outboard and she (and the spotter) fell in the boat. The boat is out of control, throttle is wide open and it's headed right for me. Long story long, Dr stopped counting after 100 and asked me, "you got religion?" I told him no and he replied, get it ! It happened in the blink of an eye, BTW, the engine cut off lanyard was hanging on the throttle... You really can be safe and have a good time, Common sense helps.
@@stevenjones618 Dang! Sorry to hear that, I’m sure it was painful. The most stitches I’ve had because of an accident was 3. I cut my hand open at the base of my thumb opening a can of Rotel! 😂
If you have to pass a competency test to drive a car on public roads, why is there no competency test to drive a boat on public waterways? I stopped skiing because it was no longer safe to be in the water with idiots in speed boats about. The most basic rule is no motors where swimmers are in the water.....but owning a boat does not make you competent to drive it. Alcohol and boating is as unsafe as drinking and driving but there seems to be no regulating of safety rules.
Oh, how life-changing this will be for the injured. This guy driving the other boat sounds like there was some kind of cognitive difficulties involved (alcohol, etc.). His insurance is going to get a huge lawsuit (or 2), from this. I hope he learns from this. We knew someone who had a friend killed in a boating accident where he was piloting his own boat, and the friend got killed. Our friend never went to jail, nothing. (He was the son of a friend of ours, for context, so I don't know the entire story). But I know very serious drinking was going on, on that boat. It changed the trajectory of his life, and he will always have the memory, of contributing to a friend's death. It is every bit as bad as a car wreck, but people don't "get this", about boating, for some reason...
You know it’s funny because I believe it was Friday Pat Tomasulo did a little mini backstory investigation of The playpen area Yep he did a thing. He talked to people in the playpen. And days later it’s in the news this time not for a fun it’s time for a serious thing hope everybody’s OK.
I was extremely lucky, or should I say passenger was, when one of the girls on my boat decide to jump off the stern while we were in forward motion. As luck had it, I was looking over my shoulder when she jumped and was able to slap it in neutral while she was airborne. She had no clue what she had done as we all screamed for her.
I'm definitely NOT a boater, so here goes a stupid question: why are there not metal guards around a propeller? It might even improve the efficiency of the propeller, sort of like a jet engine? It would save injuries and deaths in a situation like this.
Too many people are “credit card captains”. They have the money to buy a boat, but know nothing about boating. It’s not hard, you just have to take AT LEAST one safety course. “Captains” like that are a danger to the rest of us. I’m a lifelong boat and this story pisses me off. I pray that everyone affected by this ignorant, dumbass “boater” recovers. I’m not “sue Happy”, but he’s going to pay dearly. Thank God.
Back in the 80's I was a boater in the Chicago River and on the Cal Sag Channel and I learned the hardway about drinking and Boating doesn't mix. But I learned my lesson and my next and last boat in my life might be the New Jet Shark, it's in testing and sea trials. Has anyone here ever heard of the Seabreacher that's a 2 seater and this one is going to be a 4 seater for between 2 and 3 hundred thousand dollars.
Want to know why news sucks? You turn a horrible story/situation that at least could have been used as a teachable moment into an advertisement for a boat company, leaving out almost every detail of the actual event.
I find it disheartening that someone could back up a boat like they did and hurt a number of people and there are no charges. WTAF? Let me guess, rich white kid. Dad has connections. Complete BS.
you can bet there wiII be charges, and Lawsuits. Idiots do stupid crap in boats, cars, even airplanes, motorcycles, 4 wheelers...weII you get the idea.
My dad works on boats and he has pictures and videos of the accident and my aunt works with the guy that did surgery on the girl with the two feet cut off below her knee
Remember, America has "Checkbook Captains". Anyone with the money can buy or rent a boat and take it out on the water. And, even though it's illegal, many drink and pilot boats. I have to wonder, though, why the people on the pad were thinking it was OK not to dive out of the way when the big boat kept coming at them.
@@sickoftheshit shall we rewrite it then? "Only in murica are there checkbook captains with total disreguard for safety and common sense"....hows that?
Can anyone get anything done right in Chicago, I'm sure the boat owner that backed up over all these people had been Drinking?. That's why most boaters go there is to Have a Party, but it now sounds like no one is going to be held accountable for their actions.
Obviously,not everyone has the common sense needed to “ own and operate “ a boat! Boat operator classes should be mandatory for new boat owner/ operators…just saying. Hope all those injured recover, things like this should not be happening! Jim
I am not an expert just trying to understand..it seems like they should have a no boat zone or a no swim zone within a playpen area. How can you just have an open space where no rules apply? And you have swimmers, rafters and powered boats in the same space???? I pray for those hurt...this is a life changing event.
NO COMMON SENSE! That driver is a danger to everyone! Did y’all see how loaded his boat was and backing the BLADES to people?! Someone beat the hell out of person driving please.
Should put him in the water and back up on him as well.
Too late as he already caused extensive suffering. Prosecutors need to slap him with a criminal action, a jury needs to convict him and his fellow inmates should give him a warm prison welcome deserving of his notoriety.
💯 agree!!! stupid boat driver!! sorry for the term but he is! he sbould be sued!
I don't know how in other countries the regulations are, but in mine, anyone that has a driving license can rent a boat. I always thought this is dangerous...
NO COMMON SENSE! Idiots swimming where there are boats everywhere! Recreational boaters are an embarrassment.
You NEVER run a boats engine when swimmers are in the water. Even in neutral, it can always get throw into gear. NEVER NEVER NEVER.
The boat in question had a nothing to do with people in the water and was a safe distance from swimmers. The boat had a malfunction and traveled in reverse to the crowd. Your advise is solid just not the case here
@@markgraves9429 Did the kill switch/ignition also malfunction?!? No excuse.
@@markgraves9429 "Had a malfunction?" There are many ways of dealing with a malfunction. Stuck in gear? reduce throttle turn off the key. Stuck throttle? Turn off the key. Can't do either? tilt the motor/ outdrive. My fucking God. You don't stand there and throw up your hands and squeal "malfunction, MALFUNCTION" in your girly voice!!!!
Exactly
@@markgraves9429 The malfunction was that the anchor was not working. As it got closer to their boat the captain turned on the engine, sucking the ladies, who were on a raft attached to their own boat and right beside it, into the other boats propeller. This was avoidable, the captain was at fault!
I’m young and have been boating in multiple boats and from what I heard is this driver was super careless and should be charged
I agree
Well that's enough for me, let's charge him boys!
Why Americans love so much putting people on prison 🤔. It already done and it’s a F accident. The guy is probably feeling terrible already. To young to enjoy caging humans.
Alcohol.
Top many Silver Bullets
it's interesting how this report focused on the cool boat and not on the crime that was committed.
Yup. Supposedly committed. Propaganda tv 😂🤣
More like an advertisement for that stupid boat with tires🤣
What crime stupid.
Perfect sales pitch no doubt.
This is why I gave up boating after 40 years, to many fools nowdays
My grandpa would agree. We ain’t been fishing on the boat in years cause it’s either a busy time in the summer, it’s 90 degrees at 8am😂 or the lake is 15-20 foot below average. It’s not a good investment to own a boat anymore. Sucks.
After 40-years you finally had a enough 🤣
I thought boating would be so fun until I actually bought a boat, and then I realized it was more work than fun. And a huge Money Pit.
A powerboater's IQ goes down with every extra knot of speed his boat is capable of.
@@markkulyas2418 - I had a boat for half my life. Best toy I ever bought myself and I hope to buy another one day. And I loved working on it. But I had a real boat (among other things, my boat's bridge and cabin weren't covered in fur. Fur, on a boat? Are people crazy?) I can't imagine owning most of the junk they call boats these days. Nor would I enjoy working on them.
How much you willing to bet alcohol was involved?
We boaters have been complaining about these illegal charters to the Coast Guard and the Chicago Harbor Management for years. As usual, nobody cares or does ANYTHING until somebody gets hurt or killed. It's disgusting and they have blood on their hands
Illegal? Lol
Sad is no one is in custody..Guess no one was driving..
@@toordog1753 Yeah illegal. Do you need somebody to tell you what the word means ? Maybe they don't have that word in your country
@@toordog1753 Alcohol + Operating Boat = Illegal / AND The Boats Park Just Outside Of Beach / Very Many Boat + Small Crowded Area + Many People At Beach = 🧠 Say Bad Idea
I Try 2 Make Easy 2 Understand 4 U
Lock him up. Never. Ever, run props around a swimmer. 🙀🤯
"Props" to that guy! He literally had that boat just waiting, knowing it would one day save lives. & It did!
Listen I’m not even a boat guy. I have actually piloted a small cabin cruiser a few times here in there in Lake Ozark Missouri. But the one thing I know is when there’s any kind of a catastrophic thing going you don’t just put the thing in neutral you also shut off the engine! For fucks sake use some common sense!
they cant use common sense when they are drunk or high
Common is a rare commodity in todays world.
And this is one reason why I like to anchor my boat in a cove where no one is at. To many idiots on the water.
Years ago when I was an avid boater, if anyone was in the water anywhere near the boat the engine was shut down. Especially in the party hang out areas where some people had no clue that a spinning propeller was only feet away yet they swim right up to the stern to hang out.
Booze
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 Yes. It's critical that boat drivers stay sober and alert, especially as they're likely to be surrounded by people who are focused on enjoying themselves.
Forever and always, never go swimming in a crowded area where boats are operating. That's fkg moronic.
So many just drink and boat... no difference between drinking and driving, simply seems allowed. Thank God they had a grown, intelligent man here, along w/his other companion, who were able to help people out.
Only rich people can afford boats so why would anyone expect the police/prosecutors do anything?
He had trouble with the boat asswipe.
@@kawaylao2956 I think there will be a prosecution, since someone's hand was mangled and another lost part of a leg.
@@mariopalos9238 I agree. If there is serious bodily injury making news headlines obviously there will be some accountability but time will tell if authorities continue the blind eye towards boating while drinking
Asian boat driver?
Here’s my one question if he knew he was in trouble and there was the key in the ignition couldn’t he just turn off the boat and slowly coast backwards that’s what would made much better sense. That way maybe all this could’ve been avoided.
isnt this a commercial for his new boat
Even easier. They have a kill switch. Simple as pulling it would have killed the motors. Credit card captains.
Totally agree .. anyone with a modicum of intelligence would try something like pulling out a key
You guys might not believe me but my dad, grandpa and uncle actually all saw this happen!
They said it was awful. They were out boating and all the sudden it was a catastrophe.
My dad says he was the one who called the coast guard for help, they’re still talking to him and the others because they’re all witnesses
Jeez I hope they're alright , witnessing something like that sounds hella heavy man... Positive and loving vibes to all who saw and involved
I hope they get help themselves. That could not have been easy to see.
Your dad may have saved their lives.
Yep..
I'm gonna be "That Guy"..
Nope.. Sorry.. I don't believe you...
Just kidding..
I hope those people who were injured recover, and the idiot Captain never operates a boat again..
I believe you. : ) I'm sure that is something they will never forget.
Nobody’s in custody ???
Whatttt?
Was the driver a drunk person or a child? It has to be one or the other because most ppl know better. I smell a lawsuit too. SMFH.
If it's Chicago, the Land of Beetlejuice, it could be that the pilot of the boat belongs to a "protected class."
People have the money to buy a nice boat but fail to educate them selves on how to properly operate it safely and here we are. Sorry to hear about the injuries geez! This seems to be happening too often
Money doesnt always come with wisdom....
We call most of them credit card captains
Or they just completely lack common sense.
He has a SeaRay. He has no money.
My sister was a passenger on a pleasure boat some 30 years ago that reversed over a teenaged boy and killed him. She still has PTSD.
Great Job Guys!!!! You are a life line for so many!!!!
The person driving the boat...
should be charged & arrested.....a innocent girl has lost her leg and others have severe injuries because the driver of the boat did not know what he /she was doing!!!!
They should be held accountable and charged this is horrific.....
some people do not know what they're doing behind the wheel of a boat. They act stupid they don't know how the Boat Works, they drink too much alcohol.... it's all disastrous... the world has gone bonkers.
Prayers for those injured that they heal emotionally physically and spiritually.
Ok
That's a really really cool boat and I'm glad those guys were there
Once again why couldn’t he just turn the ignition off and turn the engine off if he knew he was in some type of trouble that would’ve been the most logical thing to do obvious really hope everyone’s OK though
Yeaaaah something don’t make sense here. I’m assuming there’s foul play. I’ve never heard of anything like this and I’ve been around boats since a kid. My last name even relates to boat 😂
Probably some alcohol in play
Drunk?
Effective commercial to promote his boat, although absolutely no facts of that so called tragedy being true at all? 🤔🤔
🙏 for them to recover the best as possible from the injury's!
Someone backed his boat into people from a long ways away..
This does not sound like an accident.
was no one at the helm at the time of the accident???!!! all the people were on the bow illegally riding too
I was 15yrs old and learning how to water ski, my uncle had a house on the lake with all the toys. I just did a run and a bunch of my cousins grabbed the tow line, dragging along. My cousin hit the throttle, the torque turned the outboard and she (and the spotter) fell in the boat. The boat is out of control, throttle is wide open and it's headed right for me.
Long story long, Dr stopped counting after 100 and asked me, "you got religion?"
I told him no and he replied, get it !
It happened in the blink of an eye,
BTW, the engine cut off lanyard was hanging on the throttle...
You really can be safe and have a good time,
Common sense helps.
Cool story bro
What was he counting when he stopped after 100?
@@S.E.C-R stitches...
@@S.E.C-R I went fell through a glass window and tore up my whole arm and that took about 120 stiches..
@@stevenjones618 Dang! Sorry to hear that, I’m sure it was painful. The most stitches I’ve had because of an accident was 3. I cut my hand open at the base of my thumb opening a can of Rotel! 😂
Was this in Ireland?
You too? Having trouble because she has an accent? Bless your heart.. and Chicago. It was in Chicago.
@@PiXie232 Chicago!!!!!?????
Was this video shot in the Narth of Areland?
Who’s boat was it?
Who was the driver of the boat?
Where was the driver of this boat ?
If you have to pass a competency test to drive a car on public roads, why is there no competency test to drive a boat on public waterways? I stopped skiing because it was no longer safe to be in the water with idiots in speed boats about. The most basic rule is no motors where swimmers are in the water.....but owning a boat does not make you competent to drive it. Alcohol and boating is as unsafe as drinking and driving but there seems to be no regulating of safety rules.
Why?
Damn 🤦🏾♀️
The skipper is responsible every time
If it's not 1 thing it's another in Chicago!!!
There should be a mandatory two week boaters safety course for anyone that purchases a boat…
Some friends of ours lost their teen son from boat accident involving prop. They lost another son in car wreck.
Yes it was the right boat at the right time to assist even if the witness while on the new sort of made an infomercial for the amphiboat
They were not boating. They were sitting around getting drunk
With so many boats around shows theres a risk to get into the water around them. Expect the unexpected!
Tell us the rest of the story
Stupid people doing stupid things usually ends in innocent people being hurt/killed.
ExactIy. Doesn't matter if it's a boat, car, 4 wheeler, motorcycle, bicycle; idiocy has no boundaries.
Oh, how life-changing this will be for the injured. This guy driving the other boat sounds like there was some kind of cognitive difficulties involved (alcohol, etc.). His insurance is going to get a huge lawsuit (or 2), from this. I hope he learns from this. We knew someone who had a friend killed in a boating accident where he was piloting his own boat, and the friend got killed. Our friend never went to jail, nothing. (He was the son of a friend of ours, for context, so I don't know the entire story). But I know very serious drinking was going on, on that boat. It changed the trajectory of his life, and he will always have the memory, of contributing to a friend's death. It is every bit as bad as a car wreck, but people don't "get this", about boating, for some reason...
How many people were on that boat???!!!!!
Does anyone know why the boat was going in reverse for so long? Was it stupidity or mechanical malfunction?
You know it’s funny because I believe it was Friday Pat Tomasulo did a little mini backstory investigation of The playpen area Yep he did a thing. He talked to people in the playpen. And days later it’s in the news this time not for a fun it’s time for a serious thing hope everybody’s OK.
I was extremely lucky, or should I say passenger was, when one of the girls on my boat decide to jump off the stern while we were in forward motion. As luck had it, I was looking over my shoulder when she jumped and was able to slap it in neutral while she was airborne. She had no clue what she had done as we all screamed for her.
I'm definitely NOT a boater, so here goes a stupid question: why are there not metal guards around a propeller? It might even improve the efficiency of the propeller, sort of like a jet engine?
It would save injuries and deaths in a situation like this.
If propeller guards improved efficiency, you can bet your ass they'd already be on every boat in the country.
Critical condition and no one charged .
That is the coolest boat with wheels. It's like a James Bond boat.❤❤❤❤
That Sea Ray already looks like it's sinking or definitely way overloaded.
Too many people are “credit card captains”. They have the money to buy a boat, but know nothing about boating. It’s not hard, you just have to take AT LEAST one safety course.
“Captains” like that are a danger to the rest of us.
I’m a lifelong boat and this story pisses me off. I pray that everyone affected by this ignorant, dumbass “boater” recovers.
I’m not “sue Happy”, but he’s going to pay dearly. Thank God.
You're a lifelong boat? That's cool, I'm a lifelong raft.
@@chiefscheiderIm sorry but i laughed so much at your comment
Yikes that was crazy. Also best promo AMP will ever get ha!
Right!! Was this a AMP commercial 🤔
Did this turn into an ad for the boat that saved them????! Wth is wrong with you people
I'm betting there was alcohol involved.
So no explanation why that boat driver was behaving that way? I smell lawsuits!
Back in the 80's I was a boater in the Chicago River and on the Cal Sag Channel and I learned the hardway about drinking and Boating doesn't mix. But I learned my lesson and my next and last boat in my life might be the New Jet Shark, it's in testing and sea trials. Has anyone here ever heard of the Seabreacher that's a 2 seater and this one is going to be a 4 seater for between 2 and 3 hundred thousand dollars.
The commercial boat backing up better have good insurance.
No boat rules??? That is crazy. Did they Defund coast guard to?
"""accident""" bunch of drunken fools not observing basic water safety, something bad inevitably happens, not an accident.
So its not really a news report but an ad for the amphiboat
Reversed into a crowd of swimmers, how do you do that?
Yeah, steering is a lot trickier than going forward too.
Leprechaun gal.
As a captan of a boat I always make sure to teach one other person how to control the vessel for situations like this.
What the hell is the Matter with people drinking and boating damn
There are two good days when you purchase a boat;
The day you buy it, and the day you sell it.
I was waiting for the reporter to eat a bowl of lucky charms
😂
Great job saving those people! Cool boat too btw
Bronagh has an awesome accent
And delivers excellent reporting 🙂
I was wondering where Bronagh went... She used to be on the news team in SLC, not too long ago.
Is it not a requirement to look in the direction of travel when boating?
....or is looking aft exempt?
It is difficult to understand
Why did I just see a boat commercial?
Want to know why news sucks? You turn a horrible story/situation that at least could have been used as a teachable moment into an advertisement for a boat company, leaving out almost every detail of the actual event.
How much alcohol was involved in this situation is what is not being mentioned.
I find it disheartening that someone could back up a boat like they did and hurt a number of people and there are no charges. WTAF? Let me guess, rich white kid. Dad has connections. Complete BS.
Racist much?
Quit race baiting....color has nothing to do with it!
Always some ahole bring up race...
Racist comment
Complete BS charge the person at the helm ! What the actual hell
you can bet there wiII be charges, and Lawsuits. Idiots do stupid crap in boats, cars, even airplanes, motorcycles, 4 wheelers...weII you get the idea.
they need to bring charges against the Captain of that boat and make a good example out of him. brainless action almost cost these girls their life
Capt. left the helm while underway. He's in big forking trouble..
What baffles me is what all those idiots sitting atop that boat did not jump in to help the injured?!?!?!
Any update on the captain? Was he arrested or was this a horrific medical related accident.
Seems to be no lack of negligence, was there drinking going on in the playpen? I sure hope the police did their due diligence.
Betcha that captain was boozin it up.
I’ve never been in the water when boats were running. Sounds idiotic to combine the two.
My dad works on boats and he has pictures and videos of the accident and my aunt works with the guy that did surgery on the girl with the two feet cut off below her knee
Remember, America has "Checkbook Captains". Anyone with the money can buy or rent a boat and take it out on the water.
And, even though it's illegal, many drink and pilot boats.
I have to wonder, though, why the people on the pad were thinking it was OK not to dive out of the way when the big boat kept coming at them.
So does any other country in the world where there is an abundance of wealth! To say otherwise is idiocy.
If you watch the video and listen, they explain why people don't jump off while the boat is in reverse.
@@sickoftheshit shall we rewrite it then? "Only in murica are there checkbook captains with total disreguard for safety and common sense"....hows that?
I live in Alberta and EVERYONE who operates a boat MUST HAVE a boating license,regardless of ones age or the size of boat being used
Can anyone get anything done right in Chicago, I'm sure the boat owner that backed up over all these people had been Drinking?. That's why most boaters go there is to Have a Party, but it now sounds like no one is going to be held accountable for their actions.
Imagine being sucked towards a pair of great big props spinning at 2000 rpm. Omg thats what nightmares are made of.
God bless
Obviously,not everyone has the common sense needed to “ own and operate “ a boat! Boat operator classes should be mandatory for new boat owner/ operators…just saying. Hope all those injured recover, things like this should not be happening! Jim
A boat that can drive on land and the door was the unusual thing that saved the day.
Very fine story !
I am not an expert just trying to understand..it seems like they should have a no boat zone or a no swim zone within a playpen area. How can you just have an open space where no rules apply? And you have swimmers, rafters and powered boats in the same space????
I pray for those hurt...this is a life changing event.
What a "coincidence" that this boat just so happened to be there! Not buying it from corporate media.
And why was the person backing up his boat like that? That one poor husband practically drowning because his wife was panicking.
Is it me or was there a ton of people on that boat? It looked to be filled to the brim, like there were too many people on the bow.
Don't drink and drive
A real boat captain told me there is no boating training or education need to operate a boat in Lake Michigan.
Most places don't.
Why aren’t they going after the person who put it in reverse?
Jail time dude.
Stupidity + alcohol = tragedy. Recreational boating teaches that lesson thousands of time each summer.
Looks like somebody would benefit from some jail time...
The pos who backed up needs to be in prison