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And look for survivors. >> reporter: "the conception" is owned by truth aquatics. "the conception" left saturday on a three-day cruise and was scheduled to return this evening. the coast guard says the owner-operator is cooperating with them at this time. james cole's brother works on the boat. he hasn't heard if he made it off okay. >> he's the galley cook and the deck hand. they do a lot of research and diving and fishing trips on it. it holds about 30 people, maybe. >> reporter: we've been told that crew's family has been reunited with the crew member. but the devastation is felt by 26 othe...

Davidson, since the 1970s. first of all, thank you so much for joining us. i know it's with a heavy heart. i know you're concerned about your friend. tell us about captain mike. i understand he spend is the a lifetime on the sea, much like you. >> yes. indeed. good morning, michaela. i met mike back in the late 1970s. he came to work at a local ferry company as a deck hand when i was captain on the boats back then. he quickly worked his way up and was promoted to captain, eventually attending main maritime academy here in maine. >> help us understand, because this is the perspective you can gi...

Investigation this morning? >> reporter: as you mentioned, the italian police arrested two of the 28 survivors of the ill-fated ship. one apparently was the tunesian captain. the other was a syrian deck hand of sort. they are questioned. as far as beyond that it's not all together clear at this point how this ship capsized. one u.n. official saying it was caused because a portuguese merchant vessel got too close and caused a big wave and therefore, it capsized. we spoke to two medics from the order of malta who were at the scene shortly after the ship went down. they believe it was caused by m...

>> reporter: the duck boat had almost 40 people on board before this happened t became stranded after captain shut down the engine. he thought there was a fire on board so he shut down the engine. that trapped passengers on board as a barge, bared down on them and then seconds before the impact the deck hand jumps for his life. then a passenger jumps. then the barge smashes into the back of the duck boat and pushes it along for a short time before the tour boat was literally crushed and dragged under with most everyone still on board. those two hungarian tourists that were killed, 16 and 20, p...

The 2010 deadly duck boat crash, remember that, in philadelphia, have released a disturbing new video just days before trial. here it is. it shows a deck hand on the boat texting six minutes before the barge hit it. the ntsb found cell phone use played a major role in the accident. then the barge runs over the small tour boat. two people were killed. their families are suing the barge owner as well as the duck boat operators. a new jersey mom is due in court this morning accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter to the tanning booth. the girl's school called police because she had a sunburn ...