Seventy years after 12 children drowned in a boating accident, a plaque has been installed at the site of the tragedy to honour the victims.
70 years after 12 children drowned in a boating accident , a commemoration plaque has been installed at the site of the tragedy to honour the victims. As Felicia Parrillo reports, family members are finally getting a place to remember the young lives lost, and are reminding the public of the importance of teaching children how to swim.When Gail Millington Grant saw the plaque with her sister’s name and the names of 11 other children, she was overcome with emotion..
“I was on the first boatload, and that one went and came back successfully,” said David Tagieff. “The second one did the same thing. My little sister was one that one. And the third one went out, and by that time I was on the shore and I looked up and saw some kids jumping out of the boat.”Tagieff, who was then a 12-year-old sea scout, rescued two of the children.“Two of my cousins, second cousins of mine died that day,” said Allison Saunders.
“It’s important to share that share story today and have a marker here with their names, so that anyone who comes to visit this spot knows what happened,” said Saunders.
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