Duck Boat in Missouri - Truly a sad disaster

[LesBaker]

I am not familiar with the boats. I keep picturing an amphibious troop carrier as seen in the movie 'Saving Private Ryan'

It has a permanent canopy covering the top so that the passengers are shielded from the sun.

If a person inhales water and it fills their lungs because they are submerged they are almost certainly going to die unless they are pulled out of the water in a minute of two. It can take up to a few minutes to actually be clinically dead, but it can essentially be over in 30 seconds or even less.

These are floating deathtraps.