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To: GOP_Proud
I just saw what I've heard called a duck.

Call Bill Clinton. Those are all over Hot Springs, AR. I think the people who own them are "friends" of his. They even took some to D.C. when Clinton (& Hillary!) became President.



May 1, 1999

LAKE HAMILTON, Arkansas (CNN) -- An amphibious tourist boat sank Saturday after taking on water, killing 11 people as passengers frantically searched for life preservers, authorities said.

The World War II-era craft -- called a "duck" because of its use on land and water -- picked up passengers in Hot Springs and had just begun a scenic tour of Lake Hamilton.

"The (boat) operator told us that all of a sudden the front started coming up, almost vertical. It started taking on water and submerged in about 30 seconds," said Garland County Sheriff Larry Selig.

Eleven of the 20 people on board drowned, including three small children. A cloth canopy may have trapped the victims as the boat sank in 50-foot deep waters, said Hot Springs Mayor Bob Mathis.

6,962 posted on 09/04/2005 5:42:47 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl
You are SO on the ball, Kcvl..I was thinking about that one..:)

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7,009 posted on 09/04/2005 6:08:12 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (50,000 refugees to AR)
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To: kcvl

I'm familiar with those amphibious "Moby Duck" tours -- they have them where I used to live in Massachusetts. I wondered why they didn't try to use them in the rescue effort, hmm...


7,011 posted on 09/04/2005 6:08:16 PM PDT by buickmackane (reporting from Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA)
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