User talk:Ladybugluvr2004
Incidents
Why did you remove the following incident from Ride the Ducks?: July 7, 2010 - At 2:40pm, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a "Ride the Ducks" boat was hit by an 800-foot barge and sank Wednesday afternoon in the Delaware River. More than 30 people had to be rescued. The accident happened off Market Street and Columbus Boulevard around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday. The Coast Guard says 37 people were on the boat, including two crew members. Of those people 35 had to be rescued. Eight people were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital in stable condition. Philadelphia Police say two people remain unaccounted for.[1][2] On 8 July The parent company suspended all operations pending the results of the investigation. "Our thoughts and prayers are with our Philadelphia tour guests, crew members and their families. We are attending to their needs first. In the interim, we have voluntarily suspended our Ride The Ducks operations nationwide. If you already have a reservation, you can receive a full refund or reschedule for a future date. We will resume operations shortly."[3]
I also added the following: 2 May 1999 - Hot Springs, Arkansas - Thirteen people died after an amphibious tourist boat took on water and passengers panicked while scrambling for life preservers, officials said. The duck sank in 51 feet of water on Lake Hamilton, south of Hot Springs, the city manager said. Residents of nearby condominiums saw the boat in trouble, ran to their own boats and rushed to rescue as many people as they could, a local emergency director said.[4]