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Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church hosted a vigil on Monday night for the Coleman family who lost nine members on a duck boat in Branson, Missouri.
Ebony Cox, escox@gannett.com, Indianapolis StarColeman family and friends hug Kyrie Rose, left, and Lisa Rose Berry, right, after a news conference in Indianapolis to announce a lawsuit on behalf of two victims in the Branson, Missouri, duck boat disaster. Nine members of the Coleman family died.(Photo: Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar)INDIANAPOLIS – Members of the Coleman family, which lost nine of 11 vacationing relatives when a duck boat sank in a severe thunderstorm in Branson, Missouri, filed a second federal wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the Missouri sightseeing tour’s operators.The estates of Belinda and Angela Coleman are listed as plaintiffs. “Our family tree is broken,” said Lisa Berry, a sister of Belinda Coleman. “The pain and the hurt we feel is incredible.”One by one, almost 50 members of the Coleman family identified themselves and listed the loved ones they lost when the land-water vessel capsized in the storm July 19. The emotional statements came at the beginning of a news conference here Tuesday.► July 31: Duck boat tragedy prompts Coast Guard’s highest level of investigation► July 30: Family files $100M wrongful death lawsuit in Branson duck boat accident► July 27: Duck boat captain noted weather before deadly voyage, NTSB saysLawyers for the estates of the two Coleman family members also represent the estates of two other Coleman family members who died in the tragedy. One family member shuddered and sobbed as she recounted how she is tortured by what her relatives’ last thoughts may have been as they were trapped in the boat while it sank.Starting promptly at 1:30, almost 50 extended family members fill the room. pic.twitter.com/CAwKoh5MGN— Faith E. …
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