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Medics reflect on ‘unreal’ tour boat crash that killed 5

The collision between a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle and a bus killed five people in September

By Eric Wilkinson
KING 5 News

SEATTLE — Even to veteran paramedics like Mike Barokas, who has been on the job 33 years, the scene on the Aurora Bridge was so overwhelming, it seemed unreal.

“It was somewhat eerie,” said Medic One Lt. Mike Barokas. “It was so surreal it almost felt like a drill.”

Barokas, along with dozens more firefighters and medics from across the area converged on the carnage September 24 after a Ride The Ducks tour boat crashed into a bus packed with exchange students.

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