TIA COLEMAN was one of 31 U.S. people riding on a Ride the Ducks Branson amphibious vessel when the craft began to sink in the rough lake water whipped up by a fast-moving thunderstorm.

Coleman, one of 14 people who survived after the boat went under the water, told CNN affiliate KOLR she was shouting but couldn’t hear or see anyone else. She had been on board with 10 members of her family, according to KOLR.

“And I was yelling, I was screaming, and finally I said, ‘Lord, just let me die, let me die,’ I said. ‘I can’t keep drowning, I just can’t keep drowning,’” she told KOLR.

Water conditions on Table Rock Lake near the Missouri tourist mecca of Branson have deteriorated rapidly after a storm that had raced across the Midwest earlier Thursday rolled in with strong gusts.

Another Ride the Ducks boat was nearby but made it to shore, ahead of the one Coleman was on. Onlookers desperately tried to help as the duck boat began to sink in water. One group pulled an unconscious woman out of the water. An off-duty law enforcement officer dove into the choppy waters.

There were life jackets on the boat, but Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said he doesn’t know whether people were wearing them.

Early Saturday, the Stone County Sheriff’s Office released the names of all 17 people who died.

Nine victims had the surname Coleman, including four children — the youngest just 1 year old. According to KOLR, Tia Coleman was one of just two members of her family who survived.

Seventeen people, ranging in age from 1 to 76 years old, died, authorities said.

Investigators were looking into questions about the accident, including ones about the weather, the life jacket situation, the boat and the actions of the crew, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board and Coast Guard said.

By late Friday morning, all 17 bodies had been recovered, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Tasha Sadowicz said.

The Coast Guard will conduct an investigation, said Sgt. Jason Pace of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which is assisting. A team from the NTSB traveled to the scene Friday.

There were reports of damage throughout Stone County, including trees down and structural damage, CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward said.

The storm was part of the same upper-level weather system that spawned destructive tornadoes Thursday in Iowa, Missouri’s northern neighbor.

(SD-Agencies)