The families of the nine people killed in a devastating car crash in Palm Beach County are speaking out about the tragedy.

On August 5, an SUV carrying ten passengers crashed and overturned in a canal outside of Belle Glade. Six of the victims were children.

The victims, who had ties to Connecticut, were identified as 57-year-old Pamela Wiggins (driver), 30-year-old Leiana Alyse Hall, 21-year-old Anyia Monique Lee Tucker, 14-year-old Michael Anthony Hall Jr., 8-year-old Imani Andre Ajani Hall, 5-year-olds Kamdien Edwards and Yasire Smith, 3-year-old Ziaire Mack and 1-year-old Naleia Tucker.

The sole survivor, 26-year-old Jorden Hall, was recently released from the hospital. Family said he tried to rescue the others from the water but was unsuccessful.

“I told him he’s my hero. He is,” Anntianette Edwards told NBC Connecticut. “He did everything he could do with his bare hands.”

Edwards, who lost her 5-year-old son in the crash, said she spoke to the driver that night and they were on their way to the airport to fly back to New Haven but never made it.

One of the teenagers killed was from Jamaica and was visiting the United States for the first time. His father said it would be difficult to return home alone.

According to a preliminary accident report, none of the ten occupants of the car were wearing seat belts.