Father of the Swan Boat Club -Crash victim who find closures

Brownstown township, me. (Wxyz) – After Marshella Chidester was convicted on Thursday for her participation in the tragedy of the Swan Boat Club, the father of the two children, Brian Phillips, invited us to an intimate conversation about the closure in her grave.

Take a look at the report in the video player below:

“Babies, we did it”: father of the Swan Boat Club -Crash -victim

Judge of the Monroe County Circuit Court Daniel White The 67-year-old Marshella Chidester sentenced to 25 to 50 years of prison Thursday to go to a children's birthday party in April 2024 and kill two young siblings.

Take a look at our reporting on the conviction in the video player below:

Marshella Chidester was sentenced to 25-50 years in prison at the fatal Swan Boat Club collapse

The verdict is effectively a concept of life for Chidester, which was twice over the legal alcohol limit when she joined the Swan Boat Club and killed the 4-year-old Zayn Phillips and 8-year-old Alanah Phillips.

Family of Zayn and Alanah Phillips.

Brian Phillips, together with the mother of the children, Mariah Dodds, who was also injured in the crash, gave powerful statements on the effects of the victim before the sentence was lost.

“I wish I was vigilant that day. I would have kissed my children one last time and could tell them that I love them,” said Dodds through tears.

Take a look at the parents' impact statements in the video lists below:

Brian Phillips, father of 2 children who were killed in the Swan Boat Club crash, gives an impact on the explanation

Mariah Dodds speaks to Marshella Chidester

Brian Phillips spends many of his days in the cemetery of our dear wife of Hope in Brownstown Township. Here his two children were relaxed last year.

“It's my safe place,” he said. “I come here after the trial, I came here after all court data only stay up to date, as if I have the feeling that this is my only way to be close to them.”

After White described this as the most heartbreaking case the court had ever seen, White Marshella condemned and said to her: “The jury did it right.”

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As with all the big news, Brian Phillips ran from the courthouse to tell his children.

“Babies, we did it. It was a long, long fight,” said Brian Phillips about his two children's tomb. “I have the feeling that justice had been served for them.”

Take a look at our extended interview with Brian Phillips in the following cemetery:

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Brian Phillips celebrated his two children's birthday in the grave, even brought gifts and dressed as Zayn's favorite superheroes, Spiderman.

“I did it for the joy of them,” he said.

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Now Brian Phillips begin and the rest of the family begin their own healing trip, as they say after Thursday, a bit of closure has finally been reached.

“She never has to be outside and she can see her family, right? She can visit her family. That's how I visit her,” said Brian Phillips at the grave.