![]() "It was a pretty horrible situation."įoster, an electrician, saw around 50 people struggling against the 10 foot waves when he first arrived at the cliff, but the currents soon began to sweep them away. and throwing them towards the rocks," Foster told the AP. ![]() "They had lifejackets on them, but the water was just pushing them up. Resident Michael Foster watched in horror as women and children screamed out for help in the churning seas below. Some would-be rescuers were injured on the rocks while trying to get the lifejackets to those in the water, and needed stitches later, he said. Prince, who owns a dive shop, and other neighbors began hurling lifejackets into the water, 50 or 60 of them. Bodies, dead children, the whole thing was pretty awful." I think there were about two lifeboats on board this thing," Prince said. All the people on board rushed to the land side, which is the worst thing they could do, but I don't think anybody could swim. "When the boat hit the cliff there was a sickening crack. ![]() ![]() He said the boat, carrying about 50 people, tossed for an hour before it finally hit the rocks at the base of the cliff. ![]()
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