According to her, 11 children who were in the boat finally managed to get out of the water on their own.
Shortly after, "they spent the night on the island and the peninsula of the lake in groups of three or four people."
Сямозеро. Карелия.
— bormaglot (@bormaglot_main) 24 мая 2016 г.
#Россия pic.twitter.com/yqePR97QAU
Stolyarova said that they were discovered by one of her employees in the early hours of Saturday.
Огромная трагедия, гибель детей, глубокие соболезнования#Сямозеро pic.twitter.com/jytd02HfeM
— Альбина Иванова (@Albina_Ivanova) 19 июня 2016 г.
"A huge tragedy, the death of children, deep condolences, " a tweet said.
"The children were close to freezing, and the employee was lucky to wake them up, she said.
Right now, the survivors are reportedly in a satisfactory condition, with the two of them being given urgent medical assistance. All the children are still in Kudam, from where they are due to be taken by medics.
#спб #Питер Sleeping islands #Syamozero #Karelia #silence 🌿Спящие острова #Карелия #Сямозеро #Сяргилахта #русскийс… pic.twitter.com/vAZBak79AM
— Санкт-Петербург (@SPB_2life) 24 июля 2015 г.
Earlier, media reports said that a 12-year-old girl who made it ashore from one of the capsized boats told emergency services about the accident.
A tourist group, consisting mostly of children, was caught in a strong lake storm in Karelia, northwest Russia, according to the authorities. Preliminary reports state that the group consisted mostly of 12 to 15-year-olds, all of them from Moscow, according to the Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Thirty six people have been rescued so far, with at least 11 children and one adult reportedly dead.
