[Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts

[TN Rhodey]

That ship just looks top heavy.....maybe they forgot to add water ballast.

Wally


>From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
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>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:35:48 -0400
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>Rummy!
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>*Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts*
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>Jul 18, 10:33 PM (ET)
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>it returns to the port at...
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>PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A steering problem caused a new cruise ship to 
>roll abruptly Tuesday, throwing passengers and crew to the deck and 
>injuring dozens, including two critically, officials said.
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>One passenger said seawater flooded several upper decks of the Crown 
>Princess, forcing water from a swimming pool "like a mini-tsunami," and 
>breaking windows and furniture.
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>The vessel, with about 3,100 passengers and 1,200 crew, had just departed 
>Port Canaveral on Florida's east coast en route to New York when it listed 
>badly to its left side, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer James 
>Judge.
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>The ship then righted itself before returning to port, where the Coast 
>Guard said all passengers and crew had been accounted for.
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>Besides an adult and a child who were critically hurt, 12 people were 
>seriously hurt and about 70 had lesser injuries, said Cape Canaveral Fire 
>Rescue Capt. Jim Watson.
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>Thirty-three people were taken to hospitals, he said. Most had bruises and 
>minor back and neck injures.
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>Tom Daus, 32, was sunbathing on the ship's upper deck when the ship began 
>to list.
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>"It became very disastrous because ... tables, glasses, lounge chairs went 
>flying," he told The Associated Press in a cell phone interview. "I was 
>just holding on for dear life onto the bannister of the ship."
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>Daus, of New York City, said several of the upper decks were flooded and 
>the elevators were inoperable. Gym equipment flipped over, TVs fell off 
>their shelves and shattered glass was strewn across the deck, he said.
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>"The water came gushing out of the pool like a mini-tsunami," he said. "It 
>was really scary. People who were in the pool were shoved out."
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>Daus said most of the injured he saw were senior citizens being taken out 
>on wheelchairs or stretchers. The remaining passengers were mostly calm, 
>despite the chaos, he said.
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>Bonnie Storie, 50, of Rochester, N.Y., was traveling with her husband and 
>teenage son. "It felt like (the ship) was going to fall over," she said. 
>"It was shocking."
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>Chris Broadbent, a 33-year-old honeymooner from New York City, said Tuesday 
>night's movie on the ship was supposed to be "Titanic."
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>Stan Payne, CEO of the Canaveral Port Authority, said the cruise line 
>wanted passengers to wait until other lodging could be arranged, but were 
>free to leave the vessel if they wanted. He said the ship would remain in 
>port for several days.
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>(AP) The Crown Princess cruise ship is escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard as 
>it returns to the port at...
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>Princess Cruises, one of 12 brands operated by Miami-based Carnival Corp. 
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>said it was investigating the cause of the incident.
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>Before leaving Port Canaveral, the ship has just completed a nine-day 
>Western Caribbean cruise, she said. The 113,000-ton ship began sailing a 
>month ago and was making its fourth voyage.
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>"We deeply regret this incident, and are doing everything we can to make 
>our passengers as comfortable as possible under these difficult 
>circumstances," company spokeswoman Julie Benson said.
>
>Martha Stewart christened the Crown Princess last month before it embarked 
>on its maiden voyage to the Caribbean from its home terminal in the New 
>York borough of Brooklyn.
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