KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO
DO IT."
THOSE
HEARTBREAKING
WORDS.. FROM A
GRIEVING MOTHER..
THIS WEEKEND.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I'M GOING TO DO IT --
>> THOSE HEART BREAKING WORDS
FROM A GIVING MOTHER AND NOW TIA
KOHLMAN IS PREPARING TO COME
HOME, WHERE BARRY, HER HUSBAND
-- WHERE SHE'LL BARRY -- BURY
HER HUSBAND AND THREE OTHER AT
THE END OF THE WEEK N.BRANSON,
MISSOURI OTHURSDAY NIGHT AND
SINCE THEN, THAT BOAT HAS BEEN
AT THE BOTTOM OF TABLE ROCK LEG,
AND TOMORROW, CREWS WILL BEGIN
LIFTING IT OUT OF THE WATER FOR
AN INSPECTION.
TONIGHT, A VIGIL CONTINUES TO
GROW FOR THE NINE MEMBERS OF THE
KOHLMAN FAMILY AND THE EIGHT
OTHER WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN
THE BOAT SANK.
OUR STEVE JEFFERSON IS IN
BRANSON WHERE HE'S BEEN COVERING
THIS STORY ALL WEEKEND FOR AND
US HE TAKES A LOOK TONIGHT SEE
STEW HOW THE VICTIMS ARE BEING
REMEMBERED.
>> SINCE BRANSON AS POPULAR
VACATION SPOT, PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT HERE
IN THE CITY ARE PAYING TRIBUTE
TO THE VICTIMS, AS THE COMMUNITY
MOURNS THE LOSS
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>> NOT NEAR US, NOR --
>> LIVE MUSIC BECAME PART OF THE
TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE
DEAD BOLT TRAGEDY IN BRANSON.
>> JESUS KNOWS --
>> THE CHURCH OF GOD TRAVELLED
FROM BOTH OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS TO
SHOW LOVE.
>> SO WE WANT TO BE HERE AND --
IN ANY WAY TRY TO HELP THOSE
THAT ARE GRIEVING, THE
COMMUNITY, THE -- ALL THOSE THAT
ARE AFFECTED BY THIS.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THE
TRAGEDY FROM THE SURVIVOR WHO
LOST NINE FAMILY MEMBERS,
INCLUDING HER HUSBAND AND THREE
CHILDREN.
>> I FELT LIKE IF I WAS ABLE TO
GET A LIFE JACKET, I COULD HAVE
SAVED MY BABY BECAUSE HE COULD
LEAST HAVE FLOATED UP TO THE TOP
AND THEN GRABBED GRAB HIM AND I
WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
>>>
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>> Reporter: THE LOVED ONES AND
THE EIGHT OTHER VICTIMS,
RECEIVED HONORS DURING THIS
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE COLLEGE
OF OZART SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IT
INCLUDED THE PROMISE TO KEEP
THEM IN THEIR PRAYERS AND THEIR
HEARTS.
>> HE WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS BE A PART OF OUR -- AND
YOU WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR
HEARTS.
BEE LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS.
>> Reporter: NOW, AS THE FAMILY
AND FRIENDS PREPARE TO CELEBRATE
THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO DIED,
PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VACATION
PLANS HAVE RECONSIDERED.
>> WE ACTUALLY CAME -- WONDERED
IF I WANTED TO BRING MY NIECES
TO EXPERIENCE IT AND AFTER WE
HEARD WHAT HAPPENED WE WERE JUST
LIKE UN-HUH.
>> Reporter: STILL, THEIR FAMILY
VISIT TO BRANSON AND THE
MEMORIAL AS VACATION THEY'LL
NEVER FORGET.
AND JUST LIKE VICTORS --
VISITORS PAYING THEIR RESPECTS
TO THE VICTIMS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE -- WANT TO KNOW FROM
INVESTIGATORS WHAT WENT WRONG.
REPORTING IN BRANSON, I'M STEVE
JEFFERSON.
>> STEVE, THANK YOU.
>>> YOU WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF
OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEK TO PAY
YOUR RESPECT TO THE KOHLMAN
FAMILY.
TOMORROW, THERE WILL AB PRAYER
VIGIL AT MOUNT OLIVE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH.
OPPOSITE WEST 16TH STREET IT AND
GETS STARTED AT 7:00.
THEN ON FRIDAY, GRACE APOSTOLIC
CHURCH AT 22nd AND COLLEGE WILL
BE HOSTING A CELEBRATION OF LIVE
FOR TIA KOHLMAN'S HUSBAND AND
HER THREE CHILDREN.
THE VIEWING BEGINS AT 9:00 IN
THE MORNING WITH THEIR -- THE
FUNERAL TO FOLLOW.
>>> PEOPLE HERE IN CENTRAL
INDIANA AND ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE HELPING THE KOHLMANS
RAISE MONEY THEY NEED FOR THOSE
FUNERALS.
SO FAR, THIS IS INCREDIBLE THE
THEIR GO FUND ME SITE HAS RAISED
MORE THAN $415,000.
WE HAVE A LINK TO IT ON
WTHR.COM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
CONTRIBUTE.
>>> EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE DIED IN
THAT ACCIDENT ON THURSDAY NIGHT,
AMONG THEM, A FATHER AND HIS
15-YEAR-OLD SON FROM ARKANSAS.
OUR NBC AFFILIATE IN LITTLE ROCK
REPORTS THAT THE BOY'S SISTER
WAS ON THAT BOAT, TOO, BUT SHE
SURVIVED, SO DID THEIR MOM
BECAUSE SHE CHOSE NOT TO GET ON
THE BOAT RIDE.
A COUPLE FROM ST. LOUIS DIED AS
WELL, WILLIAM ASHER AND ROSE
HAMMOND -- A BENEFIT FOR
VETERANS FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEY
WERE INSEPARABLE EVER SINCE.
WELL, TODAY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW THE VICTIMS CAME
TOGETHER AT A CHURCH NOT FAR
FROM THE LAKE WHERE THE ACCIDENT
HAPPENED.
>> THEY HONORED THOSE LOST,
PRAYED FOR THOSE WHO LIVED AND
THEY ALSO OFFERED THANKS FOR THE
FIRST RESPONDERS WHO JUMPED IN
TO HELP THAT DAY.
>>> THERE ARE STILL AA LOT OF
QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT
WENT WRONG ON THE LAKE.
THE OWNER OF THAT DUCK BOAT
COMPANY INSISTS THAT SAFETY IS
THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BUT A
PRIVATE INSPECTOR FROM THE ST.
LOUIS AREA SAYS THEY HIRED HIM
TO INSPECT THE BOATS LAST YEAR,
AND HE CLAIMS THAT HE TOLD HIM
HE FIND DESIGN FLAWS COULD THAT
CAUSE THE BOAT TO SINK.
>>> IT'S NOT THE SAME WAR WORLD
TWO DUCK -- NOWADAYS, THE DUCK
IS STRIPPED DOWN.
IT'S STRETCHED, KIND OF LIKE A
LIMOUSINE AND IT'S GOT MORE
SPACE ON THE INSIDE, AND
OBVIOUSLY, A CANOPY ON THE TOP,
WHICH MAKES IT A DEATH TRAP.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ALSO
SAY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT,
THE WAVES ON THE LAKE REACHED
FOUR TO SIX FEET WITH WINDS THAT
WERE PRACTICALLY HURRICANE
FORCE.
THE NTSB HAS RECOVERED
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE
BOAT, AND THEY HOPE THAT WILL
SHED MORE LIGHT ON TO WHAT
HAPPENED.
OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
COVER THIS STORY AS THE
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THE KOHLMANS
THIS WEEK AND THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON
WTHR.COM/DUCK BOAT ACCIDENT, AS
WELL AS ON OUR FREE NEWS APP.