Passenger recalls moment people started jumping as Bahamas ferry sank.Kelly Schissel/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX
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00:00 Our boat is sinking.
00:02 So that's fun.
00:07 Everybody's freaking out.
00:11 Literally sinking.
00:28 Once we realized we were starting to sink, and we saw the water coming in, people were
00:34 screaming, people were freaking out, we all got our life jackets on.
00:37 At the time there was like, maybe a boat nearby.
00:42 So once we got to the point that one guy jumped in and everybody else was like, we might as
00:47 well do the same thing.
00:48 So we all jumped in and it was actually pretty rough waves.
00:52 So a lot of people, they were just trying to stay above water even with their life vests on.
00:58 Yes it was warm, yes it was nice weather, yes the water wasn't bad, but it was very wavy.
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