Texas: Last Member from Capsized Boat Found Dead

By Charlie Brett
10:40, June 9th 2008
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Texas: Last Member from Capsized Boat Found Dead

Roger Stone, the sixth Texas member from the “Cynthia Woods” boat was found dead Sunday afternoon.

According to CNN, the Coast Guard said that his body was found by a crew about 27 miles southeast of Freeport. The other five members from Texas A&M University were rescued earlier Sunday. Four of them were students and the other one was a safety officer.

Stone was the boat’s second safety officer and he helped two students escape from the boat, before it capsized.

USGS Capt. William Diehl said that the vessel was filled with water very fast and than it “flipped over,” reported CNN. “Cynthia Woods” was taking part in the annual Veracruz Regatta race, which began Friday.

Diehl also said that, although the boat had emergency radio beacons, life rafts and other safety equipment, only four life jackets were found after the boat capsized. The members from the boat said that, because there were only 4 life jackets and five of them, they had to take turns and also stay together in order not to drown.

The Coast Guard reported that the vessel probably went missing Friday, around midnight, and it was found Saturday around 5 p.m.

According to CNN, the survivors were found Sunday morning, about 23 miles south of Freeport, Texas. They were transported to University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Diehl said that the keel, which was supposed to keep the boat’s balance, was missing, causing the vessel to take in water.

The other boats from the Veracruz Regatta race are going to return to Veracruz on Wednesday and Thursday.



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