FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Officials have released the 911 calls that followed a fatal crash involving two young sisters riding on a personal watercraft.
It happened on Aug. 12 in intracoastal waters in Fort Lauderdale.
6 p.m. report:
The crash claimed the life of 13-year-old Rochel Nisanov and hospitalized her 16-year-old sister, Aviva Nisanov.
“It’s been an unbelievable, horrible week, but we still have hope,” said Ely Nisanov, the girls’ brother.
From the 911 calls, you can hear people trying to help the teenagers.
“They are trying to pull the other one out of the water now,” one caller stated.
“People are in the water pulling the girls out,” another caller said.
“They hit hard, they were going fast,” said a caller.
The accident remains under investigation.
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