‘Blink of an eye': Survivors describe frightening Memorial Day boat explosion in Fort Lauderdale

Three women have a long road to recovery after surviving a boat explosion in Fort Lauderdale on Memorial Day Cousins Martha Barahona Emily Garcia and Shantel Chavarria were on the -foot Sea Ray with other people on Sunday when it burst into flames She s very strong She s very brave I don t think anyone is prepared to go into the OR anytime Barahona declared of Garcia I do think she had certain fear in her but I think overall she s keeping up She s doing great Functionaries mentioned fuel vapors ignited causing a flash fire Eleven people in total were hospitalized Everything that happened it happened in the blink of an eye Barahona commented As far as my point of view if I can tell you it took maybe three to five seconds for everything to happen and for us to realize what was going on I think that s supposedly even too much Barahona has minor burns But Garcia has second and third-degree burns She wrote on Instagram Wouldn t wish this upon anyone Be thankful for every second you re alive In another post she presented her burnt face and legs Thankful for another chance Chavarria was also injured Chavvaria is a single mom of a -year-old She was discharged Thursday and spoke to NBC outside the hospital Friday Garcia sustained a little more burns than I did Chavvaria explained She even received a face burn But we re just hoping to recover as fast as we can Her recovery is going to be a little longer Barahona set up a GoFundMe page to help with the burden of physiological costs Emily and I live together At the moment we can t work Barahona noted Emily we don t know when she ll be able to work and when she s going to be circulated in general So it s more for us to upkeep our day-to-day lives and our health bills