In a way, I wish FOX TV would go home instead of beating the story to death and bringing in Napolitano to discuss all the litigation that will evolve from this sad event. The boat was inspected in May and it doesn't sound like any laws were broken or regulations bypassed. The owners have operated here for years and outside of occasional boating accidents occurring because of irresponsible behavior on the lake, we never have anything happen like this. I've never been on the smaller cruise boats, but I've enjoyed rides on the Minnehaha, the Mohican, dinner on the Lac du St. Sacrement, and took my first ride on the Ticonderoga (out of service now) when I was 5. The cruises are all very slow and quiet and turns are very wide and safe.
We live in a truly beautiful place, hosting national events like the Motorcade, the Adirondack Balloon Festival, LARAC. We have The Great Escape/Six Flags in the area, as well as many terrific ski areas in the winter. Someone mentioned on this thread that we are a service area. We are that and we do it well, as tourists who have flocked here for over a century will attest.
John Gibson kept asking if there should be an extra crew member on the boat, and while that option could be considered, it is a very small boat.
My prayers are up for those who died and their loved ones, but they are also up for the Captain, who is a complete wreck, and for the owners, who have always run a clean, responsible business.
They managed to get the boat partly up and closer to shore and I believe will wait until tomorrow to haul it up on the trailer. I'm hoping FOX will haul "something" as well.
We already have too many downstaters living here for 2 months of the year and trying to tell us what is best for us. We don't need a national news crew adding to that :)
Correction: I meant to say Americade, not motorcade. I knew it wasn't right, but couldn't think of the name. It is a national event for motorcyclers.
Sometimes things just go wrong. It may well be nobody's fault, just a combination of circumstances. Whether it was people or the seats that slid to one side, the result would be the same.