UPDATE: FWC releases names of boat crash victims<\/a><\/p>\nRebecca Knight, Craig Millett and Brenna Millett were killed when the 39-foot speedboat overturned. A fourth person, Neal Kirby, survived the crash and is recovering in the hospital, where a friend says he is making positive progress.<\/p>\n
Simon Tusha was leading the group in his own boat when the tragedy occurred.<\/p>\n
“I was in front of them. I turned around and I saw the boat flipping,” Tusha said.<\/p>\n
Tusha, a friend of the Milletts, says he and others jumped into action immediately after witnessing the crash.<\/p>\n
“We jumped in the water, but a lot of people, they just didn’t know what to do,” Tusha said.<\/p>\n
He says he performed CPR on Brenna Millett but says there were injuries he couldn’t see.<\/p>\n
“No one expected this,” Tusha said.<\/p>\n
Now Tusha wants to turn the tragedy into purpose by creating a water safety training program in the Milletts’ name.<\/p>\n
“Brenna and Craig were always givers, like everything. You know, their doors were always open to everybody,” Tusha said.<\/p>\n
The victims were known for giving back to their community. Family Initiative says Brenna, Craig and Rebecca were fierce advocates for the autism community. Stuff a Bagel, a local bakery, described Rebecca as a “magic maker behind the scenes at Stuff a Bagel” in her role as one of their distributors.<\/p>\n
Sea Tow said as of Monday they were still searching for the boat’s motors.<\/p>\n
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they don’t have any new information to release about the investigation at this time.<\/p>\n
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