Lake George, N.Y. Tour Boat Capsized

[Scott Tharpe]

Not up to snuff on my NY geography but hope no one on this board has any relation to this terrible news. I know there are alot of NY's on here.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20051002181709990009&ncid=NWS00010000000001

[Tom D.]

My wifes cousin heard something about it. Like 20 people died. I don't know much more. A sad day.

Tom

[Maureen M]

at least 30 dead, and many senior citizens :(


That is a terrible tragedy... my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.

Lake George is a couple of hours north of Manhattan.


Maureen

[stylishskier]

I just saw the news, I guess 21 dead, 27 alive, but they said 49 total were on the boat so I guess one of those figures is obviously wrong. Very tragic, sad day

[stokernick]

reports still incomplete,48 senior citizens,one captain,hit wake from larger boat and capsized,many were in wheel chairs or walkers,water temp 68* Just south of John Tiger's area.

[pyro]

The boat was carrying a tour group from the Trenton, MI area"

I was born in Trenton. :D

Very sad to hear about such a loss. Where's the big boat that kicked up the roller? and how does a 40 foot tour boat capsize from a rogue wave?

[ROLF]

Kathy and I were on the lake till about 3 :15 and could not believe what a calm,beautiful day it was.We saw camara crews and EMS on rt9 but did not find out till we we heard on the radio.Our prayers are with them.
Rolf

[Trikki1010]

[i] Where's the big boat that kicked up the roller? and how does a 40 foot tour boat capsize from a rogue wave?

There are several LARGE tourist boats such as the Minnie Ha-Ha (Paddlewheeler) Fond-Du-Lac and the Ticonderoga which is some 130 feet long and does dinner cruises w/ bands and bar around the 32 mile lake.

The "Ethan Allen" is a very small boat and capsized not too far from shore. It was complicated by windows being installed to keep the chill down while fall cruising..... :(

[Tom Foley]

Just saw a news report of this tragedy , very sad , but preventable . Passengers on board should have been asked if they could swim or not and been offered life vests possibly the auto - inflate type . This is so sad to see this loss . It appears , according to what I saw , that plastic lawn chairs were the seating available and slid to starboard in unison after the wake hit the boat . These unfortunate souls weathered many storms during their years , most were elderly , only to die on beautiful Lake George .

[stokernick]

boat raised today,seats were permanently attached,not lawn chairs,much misinformation about a tragic ending to a beautiful day.My suspicion is boat may have been top-heavy from side windows used for cooler fall excursions.