Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen

Afternoon, Sunday October 2nd
Just before 3pm
Weather: Warm, sunny, windless

Capsized tour boat on the shore of Lake George in New York's Andirondack Mountains

21 deaths
21 brought to Glens Falls Hospital

Boat: 12 metre, glass enclosed, owned by Shoreline Cruises [operating 20yrs]
Flipped and sank in 21 meters of water
Benches on vessel not fixed in place
Owner: Jim Quirk

Sightseeing boat was carrying 49 people on a senior citizens' outing traveling the scenic lake north of Albany

NY state police supt. Wayne Bennett:
"Nothing of this magnitude has ever happened," "It's unprecedented."

Dorothy Warren said one survivor told her "she saw a big boat coming close and she said, 'Whoop-dee-doo. I love a rocking boat!'"

"It was so sudden"

"...all of a sudden, the boat started to tip; they went to one side, and then went over."



Dale Spencer