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To see the city from a different vantage point get on board the ride the ducks duck boat. tourists, like kevin grace and his 9-year-old daughter, ruby. >> my daughter and i were taking a daughter/daddy trip, and part of the trip brought us through philadelphia. >> they decide to take a ride on the duck boat. >> it was a novel experience for both of us. >> are you having a good time, gang? >> this commercial for ride the ducks shows everyone on board enjoying the tour from the streets to the river on what is typically a carefree and exciting experience. but on july 7, 2010, at about 2:30 in the...

>> 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...

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 u...

>> i was very, very proud of her. god, what a great kid. she swam very confidently. she didn't need me there at that point. >> this is freedom, we have people in the water. looks like they got run over by a barge. one of the duck boats. i'm going to pick them up. >> the crash claims the lives of two hungarian students, szabolcs prem and dora schwendtner. but somehow 35 people are pulled to safety. many need medical attention, including ruby, who suffers from shock. in philadelphia, the mayor holds a press conference. >> this is a very serious situation, and we're going to do everything we can ...

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. >> k...