Jake and Courtney Cahoon are still somewhat in shock at what happened just days ago. There were 15 family members including themselves on their ski boat as they noticed that house boat, going up in flames.
We're going behind the scenes of an unimaginable video sent to us this week. A boat erupting into flames on Lake Powell, with nearby boaters jumping into action to help the family on board escape disaster.Jake and his brother, and cousins all jumped into action, calling out to the family of 25 on the houseboat to swim over. While some of them got in the water themselves to help lift people onto the ski boat.
They say they could feel the intense heat of the fire from 20 to 30 feet away and can only imagine what the other family was feeling. Jake Cahoon says they really had no idea what to expect when realizing the house boat could have exploded at any time, but his father decided they had to go in and help.
"I'm so grateful that everyone's okay, because after it all ended and we all went back to our houseboat, we were teary-eyed and just like grateful everyone was okay, so yeah it was crazy, but I'm so glad for the outcome that it was," he said. A KSL producer happened to be on that house boat with her family. She said they heard a loud boom and found the motor had exploded.Photo: Maddy Tolman
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