5 Boats Sink During Texas Parade for Trump, No Casualties: Sheriff

5 Boats Sink During Texas Parade for Trump, No Casualties: Sheriff
A boat taking part in a Trump support parade sinks in Lake Travis, Texas, on Sept. 5 2020. Courtesy of Bob Daemmrich
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Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a nautical parade in support of President Donald Trump, but no one was injured or killed, officials said Sunday.

Deputies responded to 15 distress calls and received three other reports of boats taking on water, after the boat parade got underway on Lake Travis, west of Austin, on Saturday, according to Kristen Dark of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. The event attracted hundreds of watercraft of all sizes.