Grandmother, father killed after canoe capsized, officials say
The man was with his family when their canoe capsized on Halfmoon Lake in the Ocala National Forest Sunday evening.
Grandmother, father killed after canoe capsized, officials say
The man was with his family when their canoe capsized on Halfmoon Lake in the Ocala National Forest Sunday evening.
WEBVTT AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THERE'S ANY COOLER WEATHER ON THIS WAY. NOW TO THAT BREAKING NEWS. THE BODY OF A MISSING MAN DISCOVERED AFTER A DEADLY CANOEING ACCIDENT. IT IS A DOUBLE TRAGEDY FOR A LOCAL FAMILY AFTER THE CANOE CARRYING FIVE PEOPLE SANK. ONE WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD LAST NIGHT. THE BODY OF ONE OF HER SONS RECOVERED THIS AFTERNOON. GREG FOX IS LIVE IN MARION COUNTY. DO WE KNOW HOW THE CANOE TIPPED OVER? WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE CANOE TIPPED OVER YET. THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT. BUT WE DO KNOW AND JUST LEARN ADD WHILE AGO THEY HAVE RECOVERED THE CANOE. A 16 FOOT FIBERGLASS CANOE WITH TWO BENCH SEATS. THEY WERE USING IT FOR A BRIEF JAUNT ON THE LAKE HERE IN THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST BUT THAT'S WHEN IT TURNED INTO A TRAGEDY. NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE YOUR-- DON GIBSON, SR COULD HARDLY TALK AS HE DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED ON HALF MOON LAKE NEAR SILVER SPRINGS. AS AUTHORITIES SEARCHED THE LAKE MONDAY, GIBSON DISCOVERED WHAT HAPPENED. SUNDAY NIGHT HIS GRANDSONS, TWO GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS AND THE MOTHER OF THE TWO YOUNG MEN WERE IN A CANOE THAT BEGAN TAKING ON WATER AND TIPPED OVER. A MAN IN A BOAT NEARBY HELPED RESCUE DAVID GIBSON AND TWO GIRLS, AGE FIVE AND SEVEN. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME GOOD SAMARITAN ACROSS THE LAKE THAT HEARD YELLING AND THEY COME OVER TO INVESTIGATE WITH THEIR VESSEL AND WAS ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE RESCUE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WATER. HE ALSO PULLED THE GIRL'S 51-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER LISA GIBSON FROM THE LAKE BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO SAVE HER. DAVID'S BROTHER, THE GIRL'S DAD, IS TODD GIBSON. HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED TODAY. HIS FAMILY SAYS HE ACTED HEROICALLY TO MAKE SURE HIS DAUGHTERS STAYED AFLOAT UNTIL RESCUE. THEY KEPT HIM AFLOAT UNTIL DAVID SWAM TO SHORE. HE SAW THEM STRUGGLING AND WENT BACK AND GOT THE TWO GIRLS FROM HIM. THAT'S THE LAST DAVID SAW OF HIM. HE WOULD HAVE FOUGHT WITH HIS LAST BREATH. AROUND 1:30 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON AUTHORITIES RETRIEVED TODD GIBSON'S BODY FROM THE LAKE. AND JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO WE RECEIVED PHOTOS OF TODD GIBSON'S TWO DAUGHTERS, MACKENZIE AND NIRA GIBSON. BOTH WERE IN THE CANOE BUT SURVIVED. THE DIRT ROAD LEADS DOWN TO HALF MOON LAKE AND VEHICLES HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT ALL DAY BUT PRIMARILY THE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT WHILE AS THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT FLORIDA FISH AND GAIL OFFICERS AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS CANOEING ACCIDENT THAT ENDED WITH TWO DEATHS.
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Grandmother, father killed after canoe capsized, officials say
The man was with his family when their canoe capsized on Halfmoon Lake in the Ocala National Forest Sunday evening.
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