A woman who lost nine members of her family in a duck boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people said she believes her children could have been saved if she could have grabbed life preservers, and recounted the harrowing details of her escape. Tia Coleman’s husband, Glenn, and their three children 1 year old Arya, Evan, 7, and Reece, 9 died after the duck boat on Table Rock Lake near Branson capsized in rough weather on Thursday and sank. A total of nine members of her family perished. When that water came over the boat I did not know what happened,Coleman, of Indiana, said at a press conference at a hospital on Saturday. I had my son next to me. But when the water filled up the boat I couldn’t feel anybody, I couldn’t see. I just remember, I have got to get out, I have got to get out. Coleman said she hit her head on part of the boat, and the water was ice cold, and she knew she was near the bottom of the lake. As I was swimming up I was praying, Lord, please let me get to

my babies, I have got to get to my babies. When that water came over the boat I did not know what happened, Coleman, of Indiana, said at a press conference at a hospital on Saturday. I had my son next to me. But when the water filled up the boat I could not feel anybody, I couldn’t see. I just remember, I have got to get out, I've got to get out. Coleman said in a previous interview that during the trip the captain told passengers where the life jackets were, but said they would not be needed. The biggest thing that stood out to me is, no matter what, I felt like if I was able to get a life jacket I could have saved my babies, Coleman said Saturday. Because they could have at least floated up to the top, and somebody could have grabbed them. And I wasn’t able to do that. When she reached the surface, battered by waves, she said people on a showboat nearby were jumping into the water saving people. Weener said Friday that employees from the showboat jumped in the water to save some survivors. Watch video Below