A 22-year-old woman and her two younger brothers drowned on the same day during a boating trip on a lake in Georgia last week, officials said.
Raven Powell, 22, and her younger brothers Mason, 4, and Sawyer, 3, drowned in the Amity Recreation Area of Clarks Hill Lakeon Thursday, according to Lincoln County Sheriff Paul Reviere.
Their cousin Hannah Redfern said the young boys were thrilled to be taking a trip with their big sister.
She said: ‘They were our world. They mean everything to us. There are no words to describe it other than horrible. It’s crazy how it happened within a blink of an eye.’
Family members say they’ll remember the boys for their adventurous and good-natured spirits.
Hannah added: ‘Both boys were the happiest ever. You never seen them without a smile on their face unless they were hungry.’
Redfin said the tragedy makes her never want to return to the lake.
She said: ‘I have this video of me just lying there on the couch with both boys. At the end of the video, both grabbed me by my face and kissed me, and Sawyer had just learned to say I love you. He said, “I love you,”. They are at peace now.’
The county coroner’s office reported that the three siblings died some point after 5pm Thursday.
Officials have not shared details about what happened or how all three siblings drowned and an investigation is ongoing.
According to Mason and Sawyer were recovered from the lake by bystanders while Raven was still missing.
As local law enforcement officials arrived they used SONAR equipment to locate Raven, whose body was recovered just before 11pm Thursday.
All three bodies were sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab.
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