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The Coast Guard plans to recover the sunken tour boat Monday from last week's deadly accident near Branson, Missouri. 17 people died when the amphibious duck boat went under during a severe storm. There are growing questions about the safety precautions on that boat. Omar Villafranca reports.
"Today we honor the 17 lives that were lost," Branson Mayor Karen Best said at a church service Sunday
Investigators retrieved the black box from the amphibious tour boat that capsized and sank Thursday night near Branson, Missouri. Seventeen people were killed. Omar Villafranca reports.
Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in St. Louis, said he issued a written report for the company in 2017
Officials have released the names of the 17 victims killed when a tour boat capsized near Branson, Missouri. The accident happened as winds approached hurricane strength. Omar Villafranca reports.
Victims of fatal duck boat accident identified; Trump on his family history
More than half of the 17 people killed when a tourist boat sank on a Branson lake were members of the same Indiana family
"All we seen was empty life jackets and empty life rings and I mean, your heart just drops," said Roger Carpenter
Branson, Missouri mayor Karen Best joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" from Branson to discuss her community's response to the deaths of 17 people after a tourist boat capsized and sank on Thursday, Branson's reputation for embracing strangers and why she's not ready to say whether duck boats should be banned or not.
All but the two crew members who were on the duck boat that sank in Branson, Missouri, with 31 people on board were tourists. But Branson is a town where in some ways there are no strangers. Dana Jacboson reports.
Investigators now say all 31 people on board the amphibious duck boat that capsized during a powerful storm in Missouri have been accounted for. Sixteen passengers and one crew member were killed. The victims include married couples, a father and son, children and nine members of an Indiana family who only boarded the boat because of a ticket mix up. Omar Villafranca reports.
"I was yelling. I was screaming. And finally I said, 'Lord, just let me die, let me die. ... I can't keep drowning, I just can't keep drowning.' And then I just let go," said a survivor
Seventeen people were killed, including 9 people from the same family, when a boat capsized on Table Rock Lake in Missouri. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins CBSN from the scene in Branson, Missouri.
Duck-boat tours operate in dozens of cities across the country and carry millions of passengers every year. The duck boat accident in Branson, Missouri, on Thursday night was not the first to raise safety concerns. CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.
New details are emerging about a deadly tour boat accident in Branson, Missouri. The boat sank during a violent storm, killing 17 people. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.
Horrified passengers on a nearby boat called for help as the duck boat sank with 31 people on board
Video of duck boat's final moments show it struggling to stay afloat; Homeless teen tries to give back to the man who changed his life.
7 others hurt after Ride the Ducks boat went down in stormy weather on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri
So-called duck boats have been involved in several deadly accidents in recent years
Officials say 17 people died when a duck boat capsized and sank in a storm in Branson, Missouri. Fourteen people survived and officials say they've accounted for everyone who was on the boat at the time. CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave joins CBSN to discuss the NTSB investigation into the incident.
Officials say 17 people died when a duck boat capsized and sank in a storm in Branson, Missouri. Fourteen people survived and officials say they've accounted for everyone who was on the boat at the time. CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave joins CBSN to discuss the NTSB investigation into the incident.
Thirteen are confirmed dead after a tour boat capsized and sank on a lake near Branson, Missouri, during a powerful storm on Thursday. Four of the 31 total passengers who were aboard the duck boat are still missing. At a news briefing Friday morning, Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said that the captain of the boat was among the survivors.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, emergency officials holding press conference on deadly capsizing of duck boat
17 people are dead after a duck boat capsized and sank in Branson, Missouri, during a powerful storm
Thirteen people are dead after a tour boat carrying 31 passengers capsized and sank on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, during a powerful thunderstorm. Some of the victims are children. Police say four of them are still missing. Kenneth Craig reports.
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