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>> lindsay stewart and brian bond were planning to marry on august 10th. they decided to take a boat ride friday night up the hudson river. the small power boat carrying six people hit a construction barge near a bridge. 30-year-old stewart and best man mark lemon were killed. >> im the big brother. but his heart was a lot bigger than mine. hes -- hes -- he was my rock. >> bond, the groom, and four others including the boats driver suffered serious injuries. >> they seemed very smitten with one ...

Accident reconstruction team. >> reporter: authorities say the driver of the boat, also a friend of the couple, was intoxicated, charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicle assault. investigators are also looking into claims the barge that the boat hit did not have proper lighting. >> you put in a movable object thats dark in the path of recreational boaters, you have a recipe for disaster. >> reporter: lindsey stewart and brian vaughn were planning to marry on august 10th. they decided to t...

>> reporter: heather, good morning. a boater found the body of mark lennon about a mile south of where we are in the hudson river. he made that discovery at 11:00 yesterday morning shortly after 11:00 yesterday morning. lennon was to have been the best man in the wedding of lindsay stewart and brian bond next month. a total of six people were on board that boat when it hit a construction barge near the tappan zee bridge on friday night. stewarts body was discovered over the weekend on saturday m...

>> reporter: authorities say the driver of the boat, also a friend of the couple, was intoxicated, charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault. investigators are also looking into claims the barge that the boat hit did not have proper lighting. >> you put an immovable object thats dark in the path of recreational boaters, you have a recipe for disaster. >> reporter: lindsey stewart and brian bond were planning to marry on august 10th. they decided to take a boat ride friday night u...

Six people hit a construction barge near a bridge. 30--year-old stewart and best man were killed. >> he was my rock. >> reporter: the groom and four others including the boats driver suffered serious injuries. >> they seemed very much in love. >> reporter: at the home they shared a makeshift memorial. lindsays family told cnn pray for our loss. >> shes supposed to be married two weeks from today. it just cant end like this. >> reporter: a tragic ending to what was supposed to be great night on t...

This all happened on a hudson river, 25 miles north of manhattan. the group was on a speedboat that slammed into a construction barge. the driver has been charged with manslaughter and police believe he may have been intoxicated. four other passengers including the groom are hospitalized. they were set to wed in two weeks. police set a fire in his apartment and shot and killed six people in that apartment. paid grow vargas took two hostages. a s.w.a.t. team swarmed the building and skilled him...

Then goes back and forth 25 times. its like austin powers in that hallway scene where he is trying to go back and forth. we could have been in the restaurant 45 minutes ago. >> a lot of people dont have to do it. >> it is hard. >> theres a great line in a woody allen movie where she is so far from the curb she said ill take a cab from here to the curb. we are news headlines to get to this sunday morning. the driver of a boat that slammed into a construction barge on the hudson river friday is ...

Black tasel. >> i was just at seaworld in orlando. >> empire penguin. >> empire of the penguin is what the attraction is called. when theyre traveling these guys around, they just fly commercial. >> yeah, when the seaworld folks visit us in the studio theyre like were in seat 4 f. >> can you imagine that. >> have you ever seen a penguin? >> ive never had penguins on my flight. >> you dont know. you might have. im sure you had a lot of weird things on your flights. >> we need the sound effects. c...

Florida. a sunday afternoon and a busy day on the intercoastal waterway. 11 people, including three children, ages 7, 9 and 12 are out for a pleasure cruise. they rent this bayliner motor boat, but something goes wrong. a large wake from another vessel has washed over the side and now the partially submerged boat is caught in a 12-mile-an-hour current. the man who is steering guns the engine, but has no control. the passengers know theyre in trouble, but the real danger isnt immediately obvious ...

The partially submerged boat is caught in a 12-mile-an-hour current. the man who is steering guns the engine, but has no control. the passengers know theyre in trouble, but the real danger isnt immediately obvious until, suddenly, its too late. theyre on a collision course with the construction barge thats tied to the bridge. an adult onboard tries to push them away from the barge, but hes no match for the weight of the boat and the power of the current. the bayliner is forced under the steel bo...