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Jul 18, 2019
A year after tragedy, Branson debates future of duck boats
One year after 17 people died when a boat sank on a Missouri lake near the tourist town of Branson, the question of whether the boats should return to the lake remains a topic of debate. Former Branson Mayor Karen Best had to inform the 17 victims’ families that they had died when the boat […]
Jul 18, 2019
A year after tragedy, Branson debates future of duck boats
One year after 17 people died when a boat sank on a Missouri lake near the tourist town of Branson, the question of whether the boats should return to the lake remains a topic of debate. Former Branson Mayor Karen Best had to inform the 17 victims’ families that they had died when the boat […]
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