NTSB To Interview Tugboat Crew Saturday

PHILADELPHIA - The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to interview five crew members who were on board the tug boat that slammed into the duck boat Thursday.

The interviews are scheduled throughout the day Saturday.

Meanwhile,  Mayor Michael Nutter says the city will remember the young victims at a special private memorial Saturday at the Seaport Museum. Immediately following that service, there will be a wreath-laying ceremony which will be open to the public.

Late Friday afternoon, police successfully retrieved a second body from the Delaware following the recovery of the duck boat that was hit by a 250 foot tug & barge.  Officials have not yet confirmed that this is the body of 20 year old Szablcs Prem.

Earlier today, Hungarian officials confirmed that the female body recovered early Friday morning is that of 16 year old Dora Schwendtner.

She and fellow student Prem had been missing since Wednesday's crash of a 250-foot tug and barge into a "Ride the Ducks" boat.

Schwendtner's remains were spotted by a fishing boat shortly before 5 a.m. near pier 80 and the Walt Whitman Bridge, within the area where crews have been conducting a search.

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Friday morning's finds came just hours after the Coast Guard called off its active search and rescue mission Thursday night, saying there was little chance the two foreign tourists would be found alive.

First-responders, Navy personnel and Good Samaritans helped rescue 35 out of the 37 people who were on the boat after Wednesday afternoon's crash (including 35 passengers, two crew members).

The duck boat was apparently disabled due to an engine fire or failure and was struck by the barge.

The Coast Guard searched for the two missing students for a total of 20 hours and 14 nautical miles before ending the active search. Crews then established a 250-yard safety zone around the wreckage, which remains on the riverbottom.

SkyFox was over the scene Friday morning as a Philadelphia Police Department van took the female body to the medical examiner's office, likely for identification.

Fox 29 has obtained a photograph of the Hungarian group earlier this week during a visit to New York City. The 15 group members, including two teachers, were taking part in a three-week language exchange program and being hosted by the Marshallton United Methodist Church in West Bradford, Chester County.

Ride the Ducks President Chris Herschend talked to reporters shortly after 7 a.m. Friday at Penn's Landing, saying, "It's my understanding we've recovered one of the bodies. We are devastated by the news of this discovery."

Herschend said their thoughts and prayers go out to the families, adding, "Ride the Ducks mourns their loss, and we're going to continue to make counseling available to anybody who needs it, we'll continue to do that – we've already begun that process."

Herschend noted that he couldn't, at that early hour, confirm the first body's ID but said, "My intent is simply to communicate my understanding that a body was recovered and to communicate our continuing concern."

The company began salvaging "Duck 34" Friday morning, after its plan to do so was approved by the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board. The process got under way a little later than expected because the crane to perform the task had to wait for a high tide to come up the river.

'Ride The Ducks' Halts Tours

"Ride the Ducks" has temporarily halted amphibious vehicle tours in all five of its cities.

On Friday, Herschend disputed media reports that the land-and-sea vehicle tours could begin operating again soon.

"On the resumption of operations, we don't have any plans to resume operations at this time," he said. "We've suspended operations indefinitely. I know we're suspended again for today. We're reviewing it on a day-by-day basis as we get more information about our policies and procedures. Our goal is to make sure this never happens again."

In the last few months, "Ride the Ducks" has experienced cases where a boat has overheated.

On May 3 and May 19, this happened without passengers. On July 1, a boat overheated on a ramp with 28 passengers on board. They were moved to another boat and continued the tour. Then, on July 4, another boat overheated without passengers on board.

Company officials have said the boat involved in Wednesday's crash was not part of these early overheating cases.

NTSB Investigation Continues

Meanwhile, a few blocks away, 10 NTSB investigators were continuing their probe into what caused Wednesday's crash.

He said recovering the duck boat will be very important to the NTSB's investigation.

"We'll be able to look at the scrape marks, the damage marks to helpr ecreate the angle of collision. Also, looking at the (navigational, radio and communications) equipment, the engine -- things like that will be critical to our investigation," he said.

"So