Young Mom DEAD, 2 Little Boys in ICU after Vacay PARASAIL NIGHTMARE
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
An Illinois mom was killed and two children seriously injured while parasailing, after a storm blew in, affecting the stability of the boat towing the family.
A preliminary incident report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission says boat captain Daniel Couch,49, cut the towing cable when the parasail “pegged” in a high gust of wind, threatening to drag his boat. This resulted in the parasail and the individuals being drug “through and across the surface of the water” and slammed into an abandoned Florida Keys bridge.
Supraja Alaparthi, 33, was dead before another boat captain untangled her and the children from the parasail cables and rushed them to a Marathon restaurant where crews had set up a staging area.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Mark McCulloh - Parasailing Safety Expert, Chairman, Parasail Safety Council (Florida)
- Michael A. Winkleman - Maritime Attorney (Miami, FL), Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, Expert on Maritime and Cruise Ship Law, Lipcon.com, Twitter: @cruiseshiplaw
- Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA, AngelaArnoldMD.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital
- Robert Crispin - Private Investigator, “Crispin Special Investigations” CrispinInvestigations.com
- Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida PathcareMed.com, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine, Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
- Tim O'Hara - Reporter, The Key West Citizen, KeysNews.com
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| 0:00.0 | I love the way you do it. |
| 0:06.0 | Crime stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:13.6 | Don't you love vacations? |
| 0:16.3 | You know, I was never one of those people that lived for the weekend or lived for vacation |
| 0:21.7 | until I had the twins, my children. |
| 0:24.5 | Now I look forward to it. |
| 0:26.4 | I think about it. |
| 0:27.8 | I plan it. |
| 0:30.6 | And when I heard about this beautiful woman's supplier, a 33 year old mom who dies on vacation, |
| 0:42.8 | trying to take her children out on an excursion and adventure, I immediately thought of all |
| 0:49.6 | the times I've taken the twins on this adventure and that excursion and just thought it was |
| 0:54.8 | wonderful. |
| 0:55.8 | A 33 year old mom dead on an excursion. |
| 1:03.8 | I mean, it's E. Grace. |
| 1:05.4 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 1:06.4 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM 111. |
| 1:11.2 | What happened to this beautiful young mom? |
| 1:14.8 | Just gorgeous young mom. |
| 1:16.4 | So loving. |
| 1:17.6 | So dedicated to her children. |
| 1:19.4 | Why did this have to happen? |
| 1:22.0 | Let's start where I like to start every single jury trial if I can. |
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