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Floyd wright and john ottenschot admitted they were drinking, but claim they weren't intoxicated. they said they didn't see harry's boat because its lights weren't on. the propeller tore through nasreen's arm and the boat's upholstery. the hull struck harry in the head, killing him instantly and leaving paint chips on his body. some think floyd turned around to see what he hit, and not only saw the damage, but also heard nasreen's screams. floyd wright and john ottenschot deny this. wright took his boat out of the water and stored it in his barn so he could begin to make repairs. he always cla...

Something, although he didn't know what it was. >> it's just -- it was so dark. overcast. we couldn't see anything in the lake. i knew we didn't hit a log. i don't think it would take us out of the water as far as it did, because we were all the way out of the water. we did know we hit something big. >> ottenschot claimed they circled back to see what they hit but didn't see anything, so they drove their boat to the launch, removed it from the water, and drove home. he identified the driver of the boat as his co-worker, floyd wright. he said he wanted wright to go to the police with him, but w...

He hit harry uhl's boat. >> they knew exactly what they had hit. they absolutely knew. there's no way you could hit a full-sized boat and not know that you have hit something significant or think that you've hit a log or driftwood. it's ridiculous. >> if they would have had their lights on on that boat, we would have seen it. i can guarantee it, that we would have seen it. >> there was no way to know what floyd wright's blood alcohol level was that night. in new york state, this severely limited the prosecutor's case. >> you have to show that the accident was causally related to the drinking. ...

>> when police questioned floyd wright, he, too, said he didn't know what they hit. >> it was a head-on collision. it was nose to nose. >> we don't know because we didn't see it. >> i know because i have seen the boat. >> i'm just saying, i was there -- >> i'm not asking. i'm telling you. >> we heard a thud and we turned around and we looked and we didn't nothing and we didn't hear nothing. so, we figured we'd better get out of the water, you know, people were -- because we didn't know what damage we had. >> i find it very difficult to believe that wright could not hear the screams of the fema...

>> they knew exactly what they had hit. they absolutely knew. there is no way you could hit a full-sized boat and not know that you have hit something significant or think that you've hit a log or driftwood. it's ridiculous. >> if they would have had their lights on, on that boat, we would have seen it. i can guarantee it, that we would have seen it. >> there was no way to know what floyd wright's blood-alcohol level was that night. in new york state, this severely limited the prosecutor's case. >> you have to show that the accident was causally related to the drinking. there has to be that cl...