On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:29:00 -0400, W1TEF
wrote:

"None of the people in the fishing boat were wearing life jackets at
time of accident."

The kind of barges we see in Iowa are one hundred feet by four
hundred. A standard tow is four wide and three long. At ten feet per
second it would take two minutes for the tow to complete the job of
running you down. You would be anxious for air long before the end of
it. Then you go through a screw on the pushboat.

Casady