The Yellow Boot on the Pole: How a Four-Year-Old Vanished from a Sinking Ferry
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The Yellow Boot on the Pole: How a Four-Year-Old Vanished from a Sinking Ferry
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A clean, dry yellow child's boot was found eleven feet up on a power pole, four hundred yards from the river, three days after the Marisol Crossing capsized - and the nearest flood marker said water never reached that height. How did a four-year-old in a yellow slicker end up clinging to a piling for sixty-eight minutes while a rescue ran in the wrong direction?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the morning the ferry left the dock to the moment the river carried a child and a stranger together against a piling, following the decisions, calls, and timing that shaped the rescue. What went wrong in those crucial minutes and why did the boot show up where it did?
Date: May 14, 2019
Event: Capsize of the Marisol Crossing
Location: Pelerin River, Moorgate, Louisiana
Vessel: Marisol Crossing (licensed for 22 passengers, 2 crew)
Current speed: 6-7 knots
- Captain Ted Arnaud called operations at 6:40 a.m. to ask about suspending service and left a voicemail.
- The ferry departed at 7:19 a.m, with 13 passengers and 2 crew onboard.
- At 7:23:40 a.m., the captain transmitted a mayday after striking a submerged shed frame roughly 8 by 12 feet.
- Connie Price reached a creosote piling about 40 feet downstream and held on at approximately 7:24 a.m.
- Lily Cho, age 4, remained afloat in a yellow slicker and was clutched to the piling for 68 minutes.
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