and i knew that that way we d be together if we died. kevin says he and ruby are pushed deep under the water. when we came up and the barge was not on top of us, it was truly, you know, an unbelievable experience of divine intervention. for me, it was as if it swept us out to the river to prevent that from happening. to all those people. i couldn t believe that all these people were all around us. the boat was gone. but kevin and ruby s ordeal isn t over. almost immediately they get sucked under the water for a second time. and this time i didn t have ruby s hair. and so i popped up and looked around and she wasn t there yet. and just as i was beginning to start to panic, i guess i was already panicking, but where is she? where is she? and then she popped up. they swim for their lives.
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! fruitless efforts are made to contact the operator of the tugboat towing this empty steel barge riding high in the water. i couldn t believe that we were about to die. i couldn t believe it was happening. it just didn t seem any way possible to survive something as tall as a three-story building just mowing us over out on the middle of a river. only a few minutes go by before kevin, his daughter, ruby, and everyone else on board realize the inevitable. we started grabbing for life preservers and such chaos on there. and, you know, my poor little daughter didn t have any idea what to do. so i did as best i could to get us to where we could at least have a chance. and i look up and i see the first mate already jumped off the boat, and he s already swimming for it. i m like, oh, my gosh. kevin and ruby don t have time to put on a life jacket.
i just grabbed as much hair as i could. i knew i could keep a good grip of her hair and keep her near me, and i knew that that way we d be together if we died. kevin says he and ruby are pushed deep under the water. when we came up and the barge was not on top of us, it was truly, you know, an unbelievable experience of divine intervention. for me, it was as if it swept us out to the river to prevent that from happening to all those people. i couldn t believe that all these people were all around us. the boat was gone. but kevin and ruby s ordeal isn t over. almost immediately they get sucked under the water for a second time. and this time i didn t have ruby s hair. and so i popped up and looked around, and she wasn t there
and i knew that that way we d be together if we died. kevin says he and ruby are pushed deep under the water. when we came up and the barge was not on top of us, it was truly, you know, an unbelievable experience of divine intervention. for me, it was as if it swept us out to the river to prevent that from happening. to all those people. i couldn t believe that all these people were all around us. the boat was gone. but kevin and ruby s ordeal isn t over. almost immediately they get sucked under the water for a second time. and this time i didn t have ruby s hair. and so i popped up and looked around and she wasn t there yet. and just as i was beginning to start to panic, i guess i was already panicking, but where is she? where is she? and then she popped up. they swim for their lives.
it just didn t seem any way possible to survive something as tall as a three-story building just mowing us over out on the middle of a river. only a few minutes go by before kevin, his daughter, ruby, and everyone else onboard realize the inevitable. we started grabbing for life preservers and such chaos on there. and, you know, my poor little daughter didn t have any idea what to do. so, i did as best i could to get us to where we could at least have a chance, and i look up and i see the first mate already jumped off the boat, and he s already swimming for it. i m like, oh my gosh. kevin and ruby don t have time to put on a life jacket. the barge slams into the duck boat as if swallowing it whole.