When the ferry, which was carrying 43 passengers and two crew members, was forced to stop on a sandbar close to the Memorial Causeway bridge, that boat quickly left the area.

The impact of the crash caused plastic chairs to fall in on themselves, and parts of the small ferry’s top were completely destroyed, as shown in the astounding photographs.

Other photos showed courageous first responders standing on the sandbank, assessing the ship, and escorting passengers to safety on shore.

Six passengers in all were referred to as “trauma patients” and taken to different hospitals throughout the state.

The two medical helicopters that came to help had to airlift two of them to the hospital.

Ten ambulances