By Ali Baker
The Dispatch (N.J.)
OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Wednesday, June 27 evoked somber feelings for many this week as people remembered the carbon monoxide tragedy that occurred in Ocean City just one year ago.
On June 27, 2006, Patrick Boughter, 40, and his daughter Kelly, 10, perished in their hotel room at the Days Inn on the Boardwalk at 22nd Street after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Mother and wife Yvonne Boughter and 7-year-old daughter Morgan, survived after being rushed to the Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) and later to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.
According to Yvonne, she and her family began exhibiting symptoms of nausea, headache, and dizziness around 1 am that morning. They attributed the symptoms to potential food poisoning.