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BRANSON NEWS: (CNN) — The Indiana woman who lost nine members of her family in a duck boat sinking last month in Missouri wants the amphibious vehicles banned.
“Duck boats are death traps, nobody else should have to go through that,” said Tia Coleman, who survived the accident in Table Rock Lake near Branson.
She said Tuesday that her family was starting an online petition to make the Ride the Duck Boats Branson company “responsible for what they did to my children.”
Coleman and 10 members of her family were on the boat, operated by Ride the Ducks Branson, which sank during a storm July 19, killing 17 people. Coleman’s 13-year-old nephew also survived, as did a dozen others. She lost her husband, three children and five other relatives.
Talking with reporters Tuesday while surrounded by family members at her house, Coleman said she wants to help prevent other people from a similar loss, one she thinks was preventable.
The accident is the subject of two federal investigations to determine the cause and a state investigation to see whether anyone is criminally liable for what happened.
Coleman said she is still a “mess of emotions” and there is “nothing that can right the wrong, because I can’t get (my loved ones) back.”
Fighting back tears, Coleman said her house in Indianapolis is quiet now that her three children and husband aren’t there. “It’s a house now, it’s just not a home anymore,” she said.
Duck boats are amphibious vessels that travel on both land and water, and are popular among tourists in major cities. The boats’ history dates to World War II, when such vessels were a common sight because of their versatility.
In Branson, they are driven along city streets for part of their tours before the driver uses a …
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