[Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

Looks like Marth Stewart should stick to cooking and stock trading. I'm
wondering if they were using her as a bow figurehead and that caused the
stability problems.
Brad


On 7/19/06, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts
> >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:35:48 -0400
> >
> >Rummy!
> >
> >*Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts*
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> >Jul 18, 10:33 PM (ET)
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> >By TRAVIS REED
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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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> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Thirty-three people were taken to hospitals, he said. Most had bruises
> and
> >minor back and neck injures.
> >
> >Tom Daus, 32, was sunbathing on the ship's upper deck when the ship began
> >to list.
> >
> >"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."
> >
> >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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> >(AP) After an incident aboard the cruise ship Crown Princess, injured
> >passengers are treated and some...
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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."
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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."
> >
> >Chris Broadbent, a 33-year-old honeymooner from New York City, said
> Tuesday
> >night's movie on the ship was supposed to be "Titanic."
> >
> >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...
> >Full Image
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> >
> >Princess Cruises, one of 12 brands operated by Miami-based Carnival Corp.
> >(CCL <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CCL>),
> >said it was investigating the cause of the incident.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >"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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