Transcript for Family on board Bahamas boat explosion speaks out

This morning survivors of that deadly boat explosion I. Now speaking up for the first time exclusively to ABC news about their terrifying ordeal. Picking up speed. And enjoying the ride in this don't Chris Grimes beautiful and I would say probably three minutes into the ride. Not his win the right side of the boat exploded the sound alike. Palau and not films ago shotgun went off. And I saw the right side of the boat lift. As if we almost as if we're hit look at the torpedoing of us. Really quick and you know very sudden we have got thrown in the air and of course to passengers got ejected and that happens so quick we didn't see that really. Johnny Mann and his wife Sheila were on the excursion along with her son Hayden. His go over and Brooke and her family were there to. I just heard a loud explosion. And I'm I was shot. Had done up and I don't know if I hit the ceiling or something but I landed when I hit. Some thing and then I woke our and it wake up and I am I rose to ninety and I sob broke in front of me. And down I looked around us the the man on the ground with his foot kind of twisted in the opposite direction. Com he was unconscious I didn't really know what was going on with them so I just made sure Burke got out of the boat safely and then I followed. I look back and our boat and saw that it was starting to. Engulf in flames. And that is when John headed back to on the boat. And he was nom rescuing the and the other male who come there and himself over the boat. John and I worry evacuating the kids off of about half of the boats. You know we looked around and there was only one gentleman next to us to look like he was an Koch was unconscious. And the stealing person we stop on the boat at that time so I evacuated knowing I wasn't going to be able to lift him out. And John evacuated and then tried to coax him to kick to climb out of the boat. Well he regained consciousness at some point when I was away from the both and they knew he was calling now so I went back and had helped him. He is he crawled off the bell in the night helped him and I dragged into the other boat teamed. The there was another Turbo behind us tour boat that had caught up to us obviously. Because they were raped behind us in Abbott was full of passengers. So numb by the time they got there I was kind of dragon him floating him across to the water was only four feet deep so we were able to scanned. Sisters Stephanie Shaffer a lifelong dancer losing both of her legs in the blast. This morning she's in a medically induced coma in a Florida hospital their mother also severely injured in Maine and his wife sprang into action. We use plywood and hands and some two by sixes as gurneys basically to get to the passengers to shore Tom. So the young girl Stephanie was put in the back of the pickup truck which Mike Hsu I just said. And there is probably there was Kyle Hayden Brooke myself another gentlemen in the back of the truck he restabilizing her. Now we had life vests around her Rihanna feet honor and we were holding her because mr. Wright was fast and a lot of Kirby it was Kirby so her body was sliding around. And we were trying to hold or stale because we knew she had severe damage to her back her limbs. And Sheila and the parents Paul Stacey. We're in the truck ands to driver of course so it was a pretty harrowing ride it was it was intense there was a longer items thirty minutes so wasn't like you know short right. And we did our best a kind of stabilizer. And at that time we do know that Stacy the mom has some serious injuries as well internal broken legs fractures -- she was in shock so. You know nobody really knew her injuries to she she was even Macon she wasn't complaining about anything. The gentleman who drove us was amazing he was. Concerned he was driving too fast but he was trying to get there he was you know honking at cars in front of him to move out and away and it was amazing. Him that he just he just took over and did a great job I wish we knew who he was silly can thank him. And we now know the name of that passenger on a boat who didn't survive. 39 year old wife and mother lowly gave Jackson her family to his speaking out this morning she was celebrating her fifteen year anniversary with her husband would disaster struck. Only because first word would have been. Take care costs. And Nestle will he has a village. She. Approached her life so that her life would be a light. Into the world.

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