"She is a victim," Hodge said outside the hospital. "She nearly died in that freezing water. To suggest she is withholding information is cruel. The only thing that should be probed is why the Coast Guard took 22 minutes to respond to a distress call."
According to registration records, the passengers were listed as "John Miller" and "Alan Cross," but those aliases, investigators confirmed yesterday, match no driver’s licenses, no tax records, and no known addresses in the Carolinas. The FBI has joined the investigation to determine if the two men were involved in "transnational organized crime," though a spokesperson declined to elaborate. Ski boat wreck probed
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"You don't sink a $150,000 ski boat by accident," said bait shop owner Cletus Roy, a 30-year resident of the lake. "You don't sink it unless you want something gone. And it ain't the boat they wanted gone." "She is a victim," Hodge said outside the hospital
The incident occurred late Saturday afternoon under clear skies and calm water conditions, variables that usually suggest safe boating. However, witnesses report seeing the specialized competition ski boat traveling at a high rate of speed before it suddenly veered off course and struck a submerged hazard or wake, leading to a violent capsizing. The force of the impact was enough to trigger an immediate emergency response from nearby boaters and the Coast Guard. The only thing that should be probed is