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How did everyone on a capsizing riverboat get out alive?
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A tanker slammed into a riverboat docked in New Orleans on Friday, a little after half past noon, and accounts of how many were aboard range up to nearly two hundred. The boat began to list within minutes.
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Harbour police, tugboats and crews from nearby ships pulled 87 people out while the boat was still afloat, and rescuers kept working as it went over.
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Harbour police say it took up to forty-five minutes to make sure everyone else was out of the water. 32 people were taken to hospital, none in critical condition; two officers who fell into the river were among the injured.
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Mayor Helena Moreno put it plainly: We have zero people unaccounted for which, truly, is a miracle on the Mississippi.
“We have zero people unaccounted for which, truly, is a miracle on the Mississippi.”
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Tanker strikes docked riverboat in New Orleans; all aboard survive, 32 hospitalizedRead the article
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